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oh dear.. Just trying to match Winston's credibility! Remember him holding up the NO card?  and...
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Amanda's Take Five for Friday

24 May 13, 1:23pm, Amanda Morrall
Just how useless is the asset management industry?; Hedge funds for the 99%; $ and second marriages; Harsh economics of love; Rent right

Amanda's Take Five for Monday

20 May 13, 1:42pm, Amanda Morrall
Pity the Gen Xer; The single most important key to personal finance success; Lessons from a financial crisis; How much are your friends costing you?; 5 ways to save money without trying

Cutting KiwiSaver contributions knocks confidence

14 May 13, 2:29pm, David Hargreaves
ANZ Retirement Savings Confidence survey finds those stopping KiwiSaver contributions lose faith in making retirement goals

Amanda's Take Five for Tuesday

14 May 13, 9:21am, Amanda Morrall
The Masterplan; Budget breakdown; Separating the wheat from the financial chaff; Cheap healthy eating tips; NZS stand on SRI

Amanda's Take Five for Thursday

02 May 13, 12:53pm, Amanda Morrall
Can we talk for a minute?; Experiential instruction; minus $250K to zero in 5 years; Stop procrastinating; 3 ways to get financially motivated

Amanda's Take Five for Tuesday

30 Apr 13, 11:12am, Amanda Morrall
Rich man poor man and common sense; How much are you saving?; Five ways to save; A reason to budget; Monkey business

FMA's eye on KiwiSaver fee disclosure

18 Apr 13, 11:20am, Gareth Vaughan
Monitoring report coming from the FMA on KiwiSaver likely to call for more consistency of disclosure on fees & investment returns

Fisher seals Tower deal

03 Apr 13, 8:55am, David Hargreaves
Completes NZ$79 mln acquisition of Tower Investments; now has NZ$5.5 bln under management and 269,000 customers

Amanda's Take Five for Friday

29 Mar 13, 9:28am, Amanda Morrall
Calculating your insurance needs; The perils of working from home; Expenditure cascades; Saving 50% of your take-home;  Help me celebrate

Amanda's Take Five for Wednesday

27 Mar 13, 10:37am, Amanda Morrall
Frugality and forensic accounting; 11 tips to save on transportation costs; Fixing what's broke; What you need to know about sum insurance; Improving processes and systems

Amanda's Take Five for Monday

25 Mar 13, 11:53am, Amanda Morrall
Advantages of an irregular income; Financial tune-ups; Savings scarcity; Marriage stress in retirement; Creating space and time

Amanda's Take Five for Tuesday

19 Mar 13, 12:16pm, Amanda Morrall
Follow your bliss; Generation treadmill; 7 point formula for making more money; Embracing old age; Sandberg's hard hitting advice for women

Amanda's Take Five for Wednesday

13 Mar 13, 9:36am, Amanda Morrall
What's your magic number? Gold the worst investment of 2013?; Bloated budgets; The family home sell down; The art of saying no 

Amanda's Take Five for Monday

11 Mar 13, 9:59am, Amanda Morrall
Is Mighty River Power for me?; Investing in the happiest places on earth; Reality bites; Five preliminary steps to starting up; Chautauqua

Amanda's Take Five for Friday

08 Mar 13, 10:40am, Amanda Morrall
10 risks to retirement readiness for women; 60 minute KiwiSaver check; five steps to monetise a hobby; Money mavens; Monevator

Amanda's Take Five for Tuesday

05 Mar 13, 9:42am, Amanda Morrall
Big fat audacious goals; Li Ka-shing's Midas Touch; Champagne taste and beer money pocketbook; Divorce capital of the world; Brokers powering up IPOs

Amanda's Take Five for Wednesday

27 Feb 13, 8:18am, Amanda Morrall
An equities love story; Are you smarter than a hedge fund manager?; Financial separation; Work/family guilt; Money Matters

Fisher buys Tower Investments

26 Feb 13, 7:51am, David Hargreaves
Fisher Funds pays NZ$79 million for Tower Investments; TSB Bank to take 26% stake in Fisher

Amanda's Take Five for Wednesday

20 Feb 13, 8:19am, Amanda Morrall
Working for free; Volunteering; When it's time to leave the party; Fee grabbing super funds; Good debt, bad debt 

Amanda's Take Five for Friday

15 Feb 13, 9:44am, Amanda Morrall
Head, shoulders, knees and hips;The personal economy; Ask yourself why?; U.S. presidents and personal finance; Monevator's forensic take on fees

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