The Financial Markets Authority says it wants to encourage investors into the sharemarket and business conduct will be important in improving confidence.

Read more: https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/fma-hopes-new-legislation-will-encourage-investors-wants-clarify-kiwisaver-disclosure-b

Vice Media has today launched its television channel Viceland in New Zealand.

Read more ($): https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/youth-media-channel-viceland-launches-sky-kr-p-197360

Dairy farm debt and the risk of further house price inflation continue to pose risks to the nation’s financial stability, says the Reserve Bank in its latest bi-annual financial stability report.

Read more ($): https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/reserve-bank-says-dairy-debt-house-price-inflation-still-pose-risks-jr-197288

The creation of news site Newsroom is partly the result of its founders recognising a gap in the New Zealand media market – and partly down to a desire to make amends for the part they played in that gap opening up in the first place.

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The University of Auckland has established its own innovation centre in China in a move that will enable it to build on existing research and knowledge transfer ties.

Read more ($): https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/auckland-uniservices-china-expansion-targets-companies-researchers-ng-p-197301

New listings of houses available for sale rose in November while mortgage lending in October slowed slightly, the latest figures show.

Read more ($): https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/pressure-eases-little-still-hot-housing-market-jr-p-197329

Auckland Councillor Dick Quax on Auckland Council wages bill and Ateed costs.

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The lawyer acting for Godfrey Hirst in its failed merger battle believes the court’s decision takes away certainty from merger applications – and could have implications on those under way.

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There is a cautious, a very cautious tinge of careful optimism from the Reserve Bank on the housing market.

Read more ($): https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/rbnz-still-worried-about-overstretched-housing-despite-improvement-rh-p-197335

After Semble's payment service fell over, BNZ was left without a mobile wallet.

But today it rectifies this by announcing it is the first bank in New Zealand to launch Android Pay, available to its customers with an NFC-enabled Android smartphone, the BNZ banking app and a Visa debit card.

Read more ($): https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/bnz-launches-android-pay-cg-197341