Commerce Minister Craig Foss has beefed up the number of KiwiSaver default providers that members are automatically enrolled into when they sign up to the government sponsored scheme. Westpac Banking Corp, Bank of New Zealand, KiwiBank and Grosvenor Financial Services will join AMP Financial Services, Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, ASB Bank, Mercer and Fisher Funds from the start …

The New Zealand dollar soared to its highest in more than two and a half years after Reserve Bank deputy governor Grant Spencer signalled to an investment conference in Hong Kong that a higher kiwi won’t prevent the bank from future interest rate hikes. The kiwi touched 86.85 US cents overnight, and was trading at 86.72 cents at 8am in …

Investors punished Synlait Milk shares after the dairy processor was forced to wind back the bullish profit forecast it gave in January because of disruptions from increased Chinese regulations on infant formula and unfavourable foreign exchange movements. The stock dropped 7.3 percent to a three-week low of $3.70, trimming their gains from last year’s initial public offering to 68 percent. …