The New Zealand Superannuation Fund, which was set up to partially fund the cost of a ballooning baby boomer pension bill, has ended a 12-year mandate with AMP Capital to manage part of its local equity portfolio. The pension fund’s manager, the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, terminated the active equities mandate effective from Oct. 30, it said in a statement. …

The government’s plan to increase the private provision of state-housing is part of a wider goal to alleviate the country’s most vulnerable by putting more cash in their pockets, Prime Minister John Key says. Speaking at his weekly post-Cabinet press conference in Wellington, Key told reporters the government expects to provide more details about its social housing programme in the …

New Zealand shares rose, pushing the NZX 50 Index to its eighth consecutive record close, after Heartland New Zealand affirmed guidance. Genesis Energy and Infratil gained as investors hunted yield in a low interest rate environment. The NZX 50 Index rose 30.385 points, 0.6 percent, to 5418.219. Within the index, 23 stocks rose, 13 fell and 14 were unchanged. Turnover was $84 million. Heartland climbed 3 percent to …