Articles about Finance

Commerce Minister Simon Power has today announced the members of the soon-to-be established External Reporting Board (XRB).

Fraud has skyrocketed to record levels in New Zealand with $100 million defrauded last year, revealing that managers remain the greatest risk to business.

Recent publicity here and in Australia has focused on what has been an age old debate within the industry since its foundation, should advisers be paid fees or generate their income from brokerage?

Increasingly the spectre of the application of the Financial Advisers Act 2008 (FAA) is dawning on the consciousness of the accounting profession. As a result those accountants who have turned their mind to the issue are realising that they will be faced with some stark choices.

James Wigglesworth, Francois Bondiguel and Jason Leong are not native to Dunedin but they appear to have been inspired by the southern city's Scottish heritage in the creation of their start-up venture, Pocketsmith.

A new disputes resolution service targeting financial advisers is being launched as the rush to comply with the coming regulatory regime intensifies.

Another London-based company is arriving on the scene, giving incumbent CMC Markets a run for its money.

Short term cash rates are likely to remain low for some time, with those investors seeking higher yields forced to start "moving out along the yield curve", according to ING NZ.