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Inside Money: Why the financial sales model should be in better shape

One of the FMA's key areas of interest next year will be the world of KiwiSaver.

Brian Fallow: Lima's main gain - We're all in it together

At least the global climate change conference at Lima was not a train wreck, like Copenhagen five years ago.

KiwiSaver: Tax number key to getting Oz super here

I've read a few articles about bringing Australian super across to KiwiSaver. I worked in Sydney for a year back in 2000.

Graham McGregor: One of the most valuable marketing investments you'll ever make

Get Sorted: The dark side of a KiwiSaver holiday

The sea, the sun, the sand – what’s not to like? Unless it’s a holiday that ends up setting you back $136,400…

Debbie Mayo-Smith: Effective communication tips

Liam Dann: Oil-price plunge rattling markets

The dynamic of the new oil shock is moving fast - maybe too fast for the fragile global economic recovery, writes Liam Dann.

Brian Gaynor: Petrol price still too high

The sharp decline in oil and dairy prices could have a huge impact on the domestic economy as the former is our largest import item and the latter our biggest export earner.

Diana Clement: Doing your best for kids once you're gone

Do you want to go to the grave knowing your hard-earned savings won't be wasted? Would you like to ensure little Holly or Olly can use the money only to buy a home?

Fran O'Sullivan: Fonterra still in a state of denial

There is one salient comment in the report by Queens Counsel Miriam Dean into the WPC80 incident that ought to give Fonterra's directors and shareholders cause for concern: "A company that is....

Graham McGregor: The marketing value of appreciation

Inside Money: Super smart deal aims to activate NZ passive investors

The NZX-owned KiwiSaver scheme, Smartkiwi, will be closed early next year following the stock exchange's purchase of Superlife.

Get Sorted: This. Is. Not. Your. Money.

Borrowing against your equity is some of the cheapest money out there (as opposed to credit cards), writes Tom Hartmann. But here are the pitfalls.

Debbie Mayo-Smith: Is Xero the new Apple?

How many accountants will soon be out of a job because they are not tech-oriented, or open to redesigning their business?

Liam Dann: Tax-free shopping has a cost

Australian retail billionaire Solomon Lew has declared war on his Government's failure to charge GST for overseas goods bought online.

Juha Saarinen: Data centres and Amazon's amazing scale

Cloud computing is built on data centres which are sprouting out of the ground like weeds at the moment around the world.

John Drinnan: Radio rivals play a pricey game

The world is going digital, but MediaWorks and NZME. are still spending millions of dollars on ye olde radio frequencies.

Stock Takes: Jetpack firm tips potential big investor

Martin Aircraft Company has extended its IPO for two weeks as the firm negotiates with a potential investor that could become a cornerstone shareholder.