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Cost of funding retirement predicted to soar
A combination of Kiwis living longer and large numbers of baby boomers retiring in the next two decades means the country needs to consider a new retirement option, warns the Financial Services Council.

Fear grows for retirement standard of living
Study finds 45 per cent of respondents have done very little to prepare for retirement.

Ryman considers ASX listing as profits rise
Ryman Healthcare may seek a listing on the ASX as it looks across the Tasman to extend a decade of profit growth.

Ryman shares surge after record $84m profit
Shares in Christchurch-based retirement village operator Ryman Healthcare have jumped by 5.2pc after it reported a record $84m profit.

Brian Fallow: Now is the time to de-Ponzi our pensions
Mark Twain said: "It ain't what you don't know that gets you in trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."

Inside Money: Outsourced and cross-sold, credit union banks on Fisher
One institution prepares to launch a KiwiSaver scheme, another admits defeat .

Inside Money: I see retired people
I'm not claiming any prescient powers but my blog last week postulating the need for a benchmark retirement cost survey was ahead of its time.