A new survey showing reduced vacancy rates for central city retail sites is a positive economic sign for Hamilton, says Mayor Julie Hardaker.

The Institute of Financial Advisers (IFA) is delighted to announce the appointment of independent director Jeremy Bendall to the Board.

Cash Portfolio Investment Entities (PIEs) are typically not a consumer's first choice for savings, however, they allow investors to take advantage of special tax rules to boost the returns they receive on their savings, without losing the flexibility to access their money.

Russell Investments' team of global investment strategists have released the firm's 2012 Global Outlook in which they predict that global deleveraging will continue through 2012, noting that "it took three decades for the developed economies to borrow too much money and it will take years to pay

Niche superannuation scheme Mutual Superannuation Fund (MSF) has continued a 40-plus year track record of success with an annual pre-tax return this year of more than 7% for investors despite the very difficult ongoing market conditions.

The Cambridge Associates LLC Australia Private Equity and Venture Capital Index (CA Australia Index) continues to outperform the S&P/ASX 300 Index over multiple time horizons.

With developed world economies suffering from too much debt and weak fundamentals, New Zealand investors have been moving to invest in emerging market currencies, such as the renminbi (RMB), rather than the traditional currencies such as the dollar, pound and the Euro.

New Zealand's leading investment fund managers are beginning to favour property as increasingly defensive investment strategies are being implemented to counter the vagaries of the current world economic situation.

A bill which overhauls securities law to improve financial market conduct and restore investor confidence in New Zealand's financial markets was introduced to Parliament today by Commerce Minister Simon Power.

Harbour Asset Management (Harbour) today announced the launch of the new Harbour Australasian Equity Income Fund (Fund). The Fund has an actively managed strategy that invests predominately in New Zealand and Australian listed securities in order to generate attractive dividend yields.