US stocks and bonds fell, both giving up earlier gains, after Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke suggested the central bank might scale back stimulus measures as early as at its next meeting. “If we see continued improvement and we have confidence that that is going to be sustained, then we could in-in the next few meetings, we could take a …

DNZ Property Fund, a diversified property investor, reported a 14 percent fall in annual earnings and plans to raise $80 million in a placement to institutional investors and a share purchase plan to help pay for two new acquisitions. Distributable profit, property investors’ favoured measure of earnings which strips out unrealised movements in the value of their portfolios, fell to …

The New Zealand dollar weakened against its US counterpart amid speculation growth in the world’s largest economy may spur the Federal Reserve to reduce stimulus, known as quantitative easing. The kiwi fell to 81.56 US cents from 81.82 cents at 5pm yesterday. The trade-weighted index was little changed at 77.15 from 77.10 yesterday. Investors are looking to Federal Reserve Chairman …