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Mary Holm: We have $50,000 to invest - is it better in a bank or a managed fund?
Finishing yacht job with financial sails full, why not leap into study full-time?
Why a flatmate could be the secret to affording your first home
Boosting your income can unlock higher lending from the bank.
Mortgage data confirms banks are well placed to help those in strife
Record low portion of mortgage debt on interest-only.
Insurer Tower to expand Fiji operation
The insurer will start repaying customers from next month.
Mortgage pain: Repayments set to jump as Reserve Bank charts new path
Don't panic, says property investor.
Cooking the Books podcast: How a near-death experience led to financial independence
A brush with death led to a change of life priorities.
The Ex-Files: Jeremy Sutton on using an inheritance towards a home mortgage
Is it a good idea to use an inheritance to pay off some of the debt?
Diana Clement: TikTok generation is getting bad financial advice
OPINION: There is some good stuff on social media but you need to be careful.
Cooking the Books podcast: What is shorting the share market, and should you be doing it?
There's both risk and reward when it comes to shorting the market.
Kiwi Wealth CEO launches children’s money book
She hopes helping children be better with money will help them as adults.
BNZ boss defends record profit
The bank has announced a profit increase of 7 per cent to $1.4 billion.
BNZ profit rises 7% to $1.4 billion
Strong business and home lending has helped drive BNZ’s profit up.
50,000 Westpac home loan borrowers face big rate rise
Bank says it has a plan to support those borrowers.
Westpac NZ profit rises 12% to more than $1 billion
Amid market volatility and rising living costs, Westpac releases full year financials.
Cooking the Books podcast: A career coach's top tips for earning more
Whether it's a pay rise, new job, or side hustle, there are tactics to improve your odds.
Mary Holm: Save — but have some fun too
There’s a lot to think about before heading off to uni, and money is just one part of it.
NZ has role to play in solving global food security issues
Speed at which stimulus money was deployed may have exposed data gaps.
AMP wins mandate to deliver KiwiSaver for Countdown’s 21,000 workers
The mandate will go some way to filling a gap left by loss of default members.
The big corporate where only 70% of workers can come into the office
Hybrid working has become more of a permanent shift for some businesses.
Mary Holm: I felt pressured into a 'retirement strategy' that's now lost $150K
What you can do if you feel you have fallen foul of financial advice.
ANZ CEO defends record profit and warns of 'dark clouds' ahead
The bank is keeping a close eye on rising interest rates and unemployment.
ANZ NZ profit up 20 per cent to $2.3 billion
Consumers' desire for normality and strong property market boosted the bank.
Higher rates for savers keep coming
But depositors will still be going backwards after inflation is taken into account.
The Ex-Files: Jeremy Sutton on separation where one party purchases the family home off the other
A settlement of this kind is only permitted on certain terms.
David McLeish: The growing economic importance of KiwiSaver
KiwiSaver is now around 25 per cent of New Zealand GDP.
The couple paying off the mortgage in five years, despite three kids
It's one of the biggest expenses, but what if you could get rid of it faster?
How gambling and violence can impact divorce
It's rare for misconduct to change the way the assets are divided up.
Mary Holm: We've paid off our mortgage - now what do we do with our money?
Going into the red can be a winner, but not to buy something that loses value.