KiwiSaverGetting your finances sortedHoping for an overseas holiday this year? A new car or an emergency fund? Growing the balance in your savings account is harder than it sounds.24 Jan 10:20 PM
OpinionInside Money: Why the financial sales model should be in better shapeOne of the FMA's key areas of interest next year will be the world of KiwiSaver.15 Dec 08:30 PM
OpinionInside Money: Super smart deal aims to activate NZ passive investorsThe NZX-owned KiwiSaver scheme, Smartkiwi, will be closed early next year following the stock exchange's purchase of Superlife.08 Dec 08:30 PM
OpinionInside Money: KiwiSaver condemnedThe only problem with this technically-excellent, thoroughly-executed, thankfully-brief statistical analysis of KiwiSaver is its uselessness.26 Nov 08:30 PM
OpinionHelen TwoseKiwiSaver: It pays to look at contractA reader writes: If my employer includes its contribution as part of a total remuneration package, what happens to the contribution if one opts out of KiwiSaver?24 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionHelen Twose'Holiday' can get around the super-schemeI am changing jobs and my new employer is exempt from automatically signing up employees to KiwiSaver as they have their own super scheme, while also offering KiwiSaver.03 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionHelen TwoseKiwiSaver: Single lump sum won't earn house subsidySo what happens if you want to dump a single amount into your KiwiSaver account when you want to buy your first home? Helen Twose investigates.27 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionKiwiSaver: Willing and able to contribute from overseasCan I still contribute towards KiwiSaver and send money into my KiwiSaver account if I move overseas?20 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionMary Holm: Markets knowhow great gift for teenOur son has his 17th birthday in three weeks' time.17 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionInside Money: Zombie KiwiSaver schemes to end life in limboAfter negotiations with the FMA, both Kiwibank and ASB are finally set to kill their respective zombie KiwiSaver schemes.22 Sep 09:30 PM
OpinionHelen TwoseKiwiSaver: Land part of deal for first-home buyersKiwiSaver withdrawals to help with buying a first home are handled by the KiwiSaver providers so I talked to Joe Bishop, head of retail and marketing at Gareth Morgan Investments, about your options.22 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionInside Money: Regulator puts banks on KiwiSaver switch watchThe FMA has wagged its finger at banks for up-selling KiwiSaver switches without fully informing customers of the consequences.15 Sep 09:30 PM
KiwiSaverWaimahia Inlet spells new homes hopeOn September 19, the first buyers of a new mass-scale affordable special housing area at South Auckland's Waimahia Inlet, on the edge of the Manukau Harbour, are due to move in.12 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionHelen TwoseKiwiSaver: Regular payments needed for subsidyCan you please clarify the rules around "regular" contributions toward KiwiSaver and the impact this has on the deposit subsidy.08 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionHelen TwoseKiwiSaver: Scheme can't be used in tax returnKiwiSaver investment income is effectively quarantined from other gains or losses and the tax paid is final.01 Sep 09:30 PM
OpinionInside Money: National messes KiwiSaver house rulesFirst Labour, now National have unveiled plans to mess up KiwiSaver. It was always too much to hope that $20 billion-plus KiwiSaver system wouldn't be used for electioneering.25 Aug 09:30 PM
OpinionMary HolmMary Holm: Mistake to judge over the short termI joined KiwiSaver the day it started. I am in the Kiwi Wealth balanced fund. I am a 67-year-old retired widow with no other income apart from NZ Superannuation.22 Aug 05:00 PM
KiwiSaverMary Holm: Labour's capital gains tax plan explainedI find it remarkable that Labour's proposed capital gains tax has generated so little debate.15 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionMary HolmMary Holm: Strong dollar driving car prices downA few final words in regards to the discussion about purchasing a new vs used car. Your previous contributors have all made some valid points in regards to both options.08 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionInside Money: How to save tax - a debate of two halvesAccording to Morningstar the tax environment for New Zealand managed funds - including KiwiSaver - is relatively benign.06 Aug 09:30 PM
OpinionInside Money: NZX digs up smarter data; pushes out new passive fundNew data from FundSource suggests KiwiSaver default members may be starting to make more risk-appropriate choices.04 Aug 09:30 PM
OpinionHelen TwoseKiwiSaver: What to do with your savings after 65What happens after you're eligible to dip into your KiwiSaver account?04 Aug 05:00 PM
