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Fran O'Sullivan: Ardern makes her China debut
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern makes the most of her top table invitation.
Tim McCready: 2019 — a year of challenges
Global uncertainty casts a shadow over Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong.
China's "tough struggle" a challenge for NZ
Our ties to China still serving us well.
Liam Dann: Interest rate u-turn is middle-class welfare
COMMENT: Our Reserve Bank has followed US in a retreat from higher interest rates - again.
Diana Clement: Overcoming that voice in your head
COMMENT: When it comes to personal finances, Kiwis can tend to dwell on the negatives.
Brian Gaynor: Facebook needs to face up to hard questions
COMMENT: Will Facebook's culture encourage more govts to rein in social media platforms?
Q&A: Your questions on capital gains tax
How would the Tax Working Group's plan for a capital gains tax affect you?
Fran O'Sullivan: Aussies get it right with hard-line social media stance
COMMENT: Oz is once again ahead of play when it comes to clamping down on terrorism.
Diana Clement: Beware the pitfalls of NZ Super
COMMENT: Some Kiwis find out too late that they're not entitled to the full payment.
Liam Dann: How do we do business in the face of great grief?
COMMENT: Whether it's personal or this collective feeling, how do we continue?
Fran O'Sullivan: Mega-rich investors must stand up for NZ
COMMENT: It is the right and moral thing to do.
Matthew Hooton comment: Jacinda Ardern's moment has come
Following the terror attack, PM is in a position to act decisively on a range of issues.
Brian Fallow: Climate change kids are all right
Schoolchildren see the need to curb emissions - so why don't the grown-ups?
Diana Clement: The biggest financial mistakes we make for our children
COMMENT: We're often too busy to sit down with our children and talk through money.
Liam Dann: Dairy to rescue as property boom economy falters
COMMENT: As risks around domestic economy grow, export prices once again come to rescue.
Saving money on health insurance
Diana Clement: Private health insurance is essential for some and a luxury for others.
Brian Gaynor: 'Whack-a-mole' Fletcher can learn from a2 Milk
COMMENT: Fletcher and a2 Milk have had totally different sharemarket performances recently
Liam Dann: Let's dial down the noise around CGT
COMMENT: With all the song and dance about CGT, some basic truths are being forgotten.
Diana Clement: It's never too early to start saving
COMMENT: Ask how you can do it, not why you can't.
Brian Gaynor: Mainzeal's directors got off lightly
COMMENT: Why should directors pay only $36m when unsecured creditors are still owed $110m?
Liam Dann: Why the economy is a slim-fit suit in the wrong decade
COMMENT: Are we near the end of a cycle? Or has something fundamentally changed?
Diana Clement: Don't be loan-ly this year
COMMENT: It might be time to give two fingers to the loan industry.
Brian Gaynor: Houses and shares deliver a decade of growth
Houses or shares, which is the best investment? This is a recurring question in NZ.
NZ's wealth gap: It's have-mores v have-nots
Richest NZ households have more assets, but poorest have been left behind.
Diana Clement: The ghosts of holiday spending
COMMENT: Are the ghosts of holiday spending haunting you?
Brian Gaynor: Why Aussies are winning retirement race
COMMENT: Change needed to KiwiSaver if New Zealanders are to catch up.
Diana Clement: Last-minute Xmas gifts
COMMENT: 'Twas the night before Christmas and you still haven't bought everything.
Twelve ways of Christmas credit card debt
COMMENT: Here are 12 ways to manage your money more wisely this summer.
Liam Dann: Can we all be 'social influencers'?
COMMENT: Kids these days want to monetise their stupidity.
Diana Clement: Don't break the bank this Xmas
COMMENT: Planning reduces the cost of Christmas.
Diana Clement: Give zero-waste gifts this Christmas
COMMENT: Just be wary of products marketed at this niche that are unnecessarily expensive.