KiwiSaver 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.
More than 40 pc of parents close to retirement haven't had a detailed conversation with children about their finances.
The revamped New Zealand Superannuation Fund website sets a new benchmark for full disclosure.
A Wellsford man who lied about having five children to receive $120,000 in tax credits has been jailed.
Will our kids really live harder lives than we're living now? Let's ask an economist.
Shane McKillen has resigned from the board of Veritas Investments to focus on other business commitments.
The FMA has wagged its finger at banks for up-selling KiwiSaver switches without fully informing customers of the consequences.
On 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.
van Eyk Advice NZ last week froze redemptions from seven products in its Blueprint series.
A 79-year-old accountant who owes Inland Revenue more than $400 million has successfully stalled it from trying to bankrupt him.
A major issue with KiwiSaver, from the FSC's perspective, is that too many KiwiSavers are in low risk, low return conservative KiwiSaver funds.
Billionaire Graeme Hart's Rank Group has hired three banks to run separate sales in his global packaging empire in what could generate some US$9b
Health insurance fraud is a significant problem in New Zealand, adding perhaps $30 million to premiums annually.
Can you please clarify the rules around "regular" contributions toward KiwiSaver and the impact this has on the deposit subsidy.
John Key has stepped up his attack on Labour's capital gains today tax, suggesting it will create a headache for grieving children who inherit their parents' house.
Tax is emerging as the battleground heading into the last two weeks before the election with National seizing on Labour leader David Cunliffe's stumble over the details of his flagship capital gains tax policy.
New Zealand's richest man has splashed out on a second luxury yacht - this one worth up to an estimated $78 million.
David Chaplin's take on demystifying the vocabulary of finance.
KiwiSaver investment income is effectively quarantined from other gains or losses and the tax paid is final.
A specialist apartment real estate agency boss is starting up a new business to encourage people to become landlords by finding, buying and managing Auckland residential properties.
President Obama's denunciation of overseas mergers that lower US companies' taxes is throwing cold water on potential deals.
In the past insider trading has been viewed as something of a victimless crime and the perpetrators have been afforded a degree of notoriety as "expert traders".
First 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.
The new-found wealth of entrepreneur Kim Dotcom came in part from an immigrant who has had at least $15m in assets seized in a money-laundering inquiry.
People who sit out for long stretches while waiting for the perfect entry point into the markets are giving up their single most precious asset: Time.
What should you do to protect your investments should there be a change in government and a switch to Labour?
Having bad credit can stand in the way of everything from borrowing from the bank to signing up with a power company for your home electricity.
How to buy shares is a mystery to many people. One such reader emailed asking for a back-to-basics article on the subject of DIY share investing.