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The keyway in
Dawn Toughey, owner and founder of Keyway Finance, is on a mission to demystify finance.
Retirement-ready at every age
Liv Lewis-Long on how planning for retirement should start decades before the age of 65.
How’s your health?
Tom Ayling, head of customer services at InvestNow, on how to perform an annual health check on your investments.
Not quite retired?
Mortgage investing works both before and after the finish line.
How to invest like Warren Buffett
Jason Choy, senior portfolio manager at InvestNow, investigates five principles for long-term success expounded by Warren Buffett.
Wanna buy a house on the blockchain?
Tokenisation holds promise for everyday New Zealanders, as Paul Quickenden explains.
Time, not timing
The road to growing wealth is not paved with luck or perfect timing, but with time itself. Use it wisely, writes Matt Hardwick from Octagon Asset Management.
Insurance from the heart
Asteron Life’s ‘Heart Coach’ offers eligible customers free personalised support that promotes heart health and wellbeing.
Can reading the news make you richer?
Researchers have uncovered a novel way to forecast stock market volatility using daily business news.
The social science of skincare
Social media can be a powerful tool for marketing beauty products – even outside the sphere of glam influencers.
Pros and cons of becoming cashless
As cash is becoming less common, it is essential to adapt how we teach young people about good money habits, as Bridgette Jackson from Equal Exes explains.
We are finalists!!!
Informed Investorhas been announced as a finalist in the category of Best Media Reporting on Ethical and Impact Investment at the Mindful Money Conference and Awards 2025.
Why women need to network more
Charlotte Clark (right) and Victoria Bahadoor (left), co-founders of Empower Her Community.
Crypto is a tax-free investment (and other crypto tax myths!)
In December, Chainalysisreportedthat 400 million crypto wallets now have a positive (non-zero) balance.
Time plus savings = golden retirement
The more data that emerges around Kiwis approaching retirement, the clearer it becomes that people are financially unprepared for their later years.
What’s happening in crypto right now?
Crypto is everywhere right now – headlines, social media and even that one uncle whosworeit was a fad might be telling you to ‘get in on it’.
Bears, bulls, hawks and doves: the animals of economics
They come in two pairs:Bulls and bears, which describe the mood of the stock market.
How does income tax work in New Zealand?
Every country has different tax rules, so you can only trust tax advice from local experts and accountants.
Five quick ways to improve your finances
Here are five quick money tips that can make a difference:1.
How do banks set mortgage rates?
The simplest way to think about mortgage rate settings is:The cost of borrowing the money + some operating costs + extra profit margin = interest rateThis is why rates vary, and why they’re higher than the OCR.