The international investment community is taking note over the KiwiSaver furore that saw banks dumping controversial investments.

COMMENT: What's the best way to get debt-free?

Any celebration can get commercialised, but we can always get creative and stick to our own plans.

COMMENT: Switching managers could be your best investment, writes Martin Hawes.

This year we have felt the tremors indicating that KiwiSaver's sleeping giant - its membership - is awakening.

KiwiSaver has attracted 2.6 million New Zealanders, with an average of 400 people joining every day.

When it comes to getting people thinking about retirement, one provider is blowing competition out of the water.

COMMENT: Most insurance comes with premiums that spiral up as we age, so it helps to plan ahead.

MARY HOLM COMMENT: Unless you're a high-risk investor don't go near a deal like this...

COMMENT: There's a reason great ads with exaggerated promises never feature in the financial services industry.

COMMENT: I went to Ireland recently to showcase KiwiSaver as that country grapples with out-of-date retirement incomes policies.

COMMENT: When Robyn Pearce's teenage grandson moved in two years ago, he got the financial shock of his life.

KiwiSaver membership and funds are growing at the slowest rate since the scheme began in 2007, but commentators say this simply reflects its maturing.

COMMENT: If KiwiSaver downed an energy drink, here's how much higher it could jump: $462,000.

COMMENT: Nearly 11,000 people successfully applied to withdraw money from their KiwiSaver in the year to June.

COMMENT: Jumps in life expectancy make planning for our futures a moveable feast.

COMMENT: Total remuneration means all the employment benefits are reflected in the salary or wages.

Seeing fees put into a dollar figure is the second biggest priority for savers behind returns, research shows.

Well-known financial adviser Martin Hawes is backing Forsyth Barr's re-branded KiwiSaver scheme.

COMMENT: Here's why who you're with influences how much you get ahead.

Most providers don't give KiwiSavers a full dollar figure for fees in member statements.

COMMENT: Anyone who has been a KiwiSaver member for at least three years and hasn't previously owned a home may be able to withdraw their savings.

The country's newest KiwiSaver provider says thousands of people have already registered to sign up with it - exceeding its 12 month

Exclusive: At least $109 million of investments in controversial weapon and tobacco companies have been dumped by KiwiSaver providers.

COMMENT: Isn't it a bit early for this? That's precisely the point.

COMMENT: Applicants are expected to provide physical evidence of their financial hardship.

COMMENT: Exclusion and engagement two ways to ensure holdings reflect values.

Police and the FMA won't progress a complaint about KiwiSaver investments in banned weapons.

COMMENT: Don't let this week go by without hanging some targets for the short and long terms.

COMMENT: IRD says if an employee thinks deductions or contributions haven't been made they need to contact it within 12 months of starting a new job.