Imagine your great-great-grandparent bought $1 worth of gold in 1801, and you just inherited it in 2025. You're already planning that luxury holiday to Queenstown or perhaps a beach house in Taupo.

As Art Deco Weekend brings its usual vibrancy to our region, it also marks a sombre milestone – two years since Cyclone Gabrielle devastated Hawke's Bay.

Waitangi Day this week marked the 185th anniversary of our nation's founding document. Our treaty agreement birthed a nation built on trade, enterprise, and shared prosperity. In 2025, that economic spirit needs rekindling as we face perhaps our most significant test since the reforms of the 1980s.

Remember those Telecom calling cards we used to collect in the '90s? Some of us treated them like precious treasures, trading them at school and believing they'd be worth a fortune someday.

Financial security isn't built overnight—it's carefully constructed through years of disciplined planning, informed decision-making, and risk management. Over my tenure I’ve seen this proved time and time again… and I have unfortunately also seen the consequences of trying to ‘shortcut’ the process.

The phrase "mind the gap" might remind Kiwis of their London travels, but there's another critical gap we need to mind.  It’s the one between our working years and our final farewell.

In the quest for financial stability and a fulfilling life, the 15/65/20 personal strategic plan offers a practical approach to wrangling your income finances.

Last week I discussed Ikigai (生き甲斐), a Japanese concept that translates to “a reason for being.”  I believe investing has its part to play in Ikigai - so what might that look like?

I was recently reading a piece that opened with a quote from Ralph Waldo Emmerson: “The purpose of life is not to be happy.  It is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.’

As investment funds increasingly add cryptocurrency exposure to their portfolios, a major international police operation has exposed the darker side of this controversial asset class – money laundering.

As KiwiSaver assets surge past $110 billion, an all-too-familiar story is unfolding… Multiple KiwiSaver and general investment providers are rushing into private asset markets, echoing the past investment frenzies that have periodically swept through New Zealand's investment landscape.

As Scotland celebrates St Andrew's Day this Saturday, November 30, it's fitting to reflect on how one of Scotland's greatest minds, Adam Smith, who is considered the father of modern economics for his work in pioneering ideas such as free trade and the gross domestic product (GDP).

As the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) approaches its final monetary policy meeting for 2024, calls grow for a more aggressive approach to interest rate cuts.