New Zealand's $82 billion managed funds industry, which includes KiwiSaver, has been given a C- report card by international…
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Helen Twose: IRD can help sort Novopay problems
Your savings invested in a KiwiSaver scheme and any returns generated by those savings are not guaranteed…
Diana Clement: Strict criteria for early KiwiSaver withdrawal
The problem for many KiwiSavers is often a lack of understanding of essentials versus luxuries. "It's…
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Fran O'Sullivan: Huawei founder scoffs at US rage
When I joined a number of New Zealand business journalists…
Brian Fallow: Austerity's for booms, not slumps
As we await another miserly Budget from Bill English…
Mary Holm: When is a property seller a trader?
Q: What constitutes a "regular trader" in terms of the tax man? How many properties and shares would you have to "trade"…
KiwiSavers undeterred by contribution rise
The increase in KiwiSaver contribution rates has failed to drive people away from the retirement savings scheme, according…
Helen Twose: Funds can take a holiday during big OE
I have a son who has been in London for just over a year to do the usual young person OE thing. He has been in KiwiSaver…
Fidelity buys Tower life business
Fidelity Life Assurance has acquired most of Tower's life insurance business for about $145 million in cash and liabilities…
KiwiSaver
Ex-Tower staff set up new boutique firm
A new fund management firm is being set up by former Tower Investments executives who lost their jobs…
Blair Turnbull: Towards a shareholder society
There are clear signs KiwiSaver is growing our retirement savings, but will it boost our capital markets? asks Blair Turnbull…
John Body: Coddling our national nest egg
Six years on, KiwiSaver is a popular success, so where to now?
KiwiSaver equation - moving to 10pc?
The greatest challenge facing KiwiSavers is that though most young people realise they have to do something for their retirement…
Helen Twose: Aussie transfer won't buy house
My partner and I have recently moved back to New Zealand after spending two years away working in Australia…
Shares and property lift KiwiSaver
KiwiSaver funds with higher exposures to growth assets such as shares and property have performed the strongest in the past…
Helen Twose: Tax credit stops when you travel
I'm about to head off on my OE. I'm not sure how long I'll be away but want to be clear on my obligations for KiwiSaver. Do…
Helen Twose: Deductions can cause confusion
My wife works in a rest home and like many of her low paid fellow workers has an individual employment contract.
Carmel Fisher swings the axe at Tower
Fisher Funds boss Carmel Fisher has swung the axe on Tower's investment business just three weeks after taking it over. Fisher…
NZ must plug gap beyond KiwiSaver - academic
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New Zealand needs new financial instruments to help middle-income earners make their savings last during…
Personal Finance
Inside Money: NZ most-improved, despite disclosure worries
Mr Michael Smith, who describes himself as "The Fund Manager of Fidelity Investment International", personally tapped…
Mortgages
House sales fall from six-year high
The number of New Zealand house sales slipped from a six-year high last month, but the national market is still being driven…
Personal Investment
Ecoya changes name to Trilogy
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Ecoya, which counts the Bakery Business LP as its biggest shareholder, has changed its name to Trilogy…
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