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Guest Analysis

The dramatic long-term impact of inflation on pensions

ANALYSIS: Ensuring people get clear information early in their careers can significantly impact their wealth in retirement.

Brian Bloch Sun, 06 Jul 2025

Underarm

What to do with A$280 billion – nest egg or nation building?

Guest Analysis

How to deal with ‘saboteurs’ at work

On the Money

Saving for retirement: Is $350,000 achievable?

General Business

Pension tension: Have we got the right super settings?

Guest Analysis

Culture complications: Observing M&A success through review data

Hunter’s Corner

Who wants who the most?

ANALYSIS: Amid rumours of buyers walking away from a billion-dollar deal on its metering business, Vector’s bargaining position appears to have shifted.

Tim Hunter Fri, 02 Dec 2022

Edwards on Politics

Health response to pandemic no longer a political issue

ANALYSIS: Even though the number of deaths have risen the public have wearied of Covid, and so too have the politicians.

Brent Edwards Thu, 01 Dec 2022

Margin Call

Let’s talk about sin stocks

ANALYSIS: As awareness of ethical investing grows, consider historical outperformance of ethically murky stocks.

Paige Hennessy Tue, 29 Nov 2022

Shoeshine

Silicon South Pacific: can NZ benefit from US tech lay-offs?

ANALYSIS: Government needs to move faster to take advantage of Aotearoa’s post-pandemic profile among techies.

Will Mace Mon, 28 Nov 2022

Economy Matters

Making sense of the OCR

ANALYSIS: Is it too little, too late? The free-market economist in me says yes, although the RBNZ probably begs to differ.

Christoph Schumacher Mon, 28 Nov 2022

On the Money

ESG investment – part 2: standing next to a short benchmark

ANALYSIS: I recently asked the FMA if it had any views on the possible misuse of the word benchmark and whether investors could potentially be misled.