Milford Asset Management is to increase the hurdle it must meet to earn a performance fee on its Income Fund.

David Chaplin says Crown Financial Institutions have generally been a boon to government books over the last few years.

For two years now, Kiwis moving to Australia and Australians settling in NZ have been able to also relocate their superannuation savings.

KiwiSaver auto-enrolment could capture an extra 220,000 members above benchmark levels, writes David Chaplin.

...and why Labour is swinging at wrong political football, writes David Chaplin.

What happens when an employer unintentionally misses making KiwiSaver deductions or employer contributions?

Rejection of hardship withdrawal applications and problems with first-home buying generate many complaints to watchdogs, writes Diana Clement.

A reader asks: Shouldn't a solicitor have funds for reimbursing a KiwiSaver fund if a contract is cancelled after a non-refundable deposit has been paid?

What should be done with KiwiSaver pots once they're free to be dipped into at 65? This issue is rapidly creeping up on KiwiSavers and the Govt, writes Bernard Hickey.

Under KiwiSaver legislation, owning land is treated the same as owning a house — you are considered to have purchased an Estate in Land.

David Chaplin has a look at the surprising slump in KiwiSaver sign-ups after the Govt's removal of the $1000 kickstart.

NZ investors say they're felling good about our financial markets, according to new research from the Financial Markets Authority.

A contributions holiday can be taken once you've been a KiwiSaver member for at least 12 months.

Anyone in KiwiSaver for three years can now take out everything in their account, except the final $1000, to buy a first home, Helen Twose writes.

Craigs Investment Partners' Mark Lister has boiled down his top financial advice to three key tips he'll give his kids.

Now that KiwiSaver is less attractive, where should parents save money for kids?

Half of Kiwis don't have a will. In the under-40 age bracket the figure jumps to 70 per cent.

People will be automatically enrolled in KiwiSaver under changes being considered by the Government.

KiwiSaver providers could introduce minimum amounts for opening new accounts or minimum saving requirements in the wake of the Government's snap decision to cut the $1000 kick-start.

Prime Minister John Key says axing the $1000 kickstart grant to new KiwiSaver members in the Budget "will not make a blind bit of difference to the number of people who join".

Bill English just couldn't resist killing the $1000 KiwiSaver kickstarter - it was just lying there looking vulnerable.

Keeping silent about axing the $1000 kickstart payment for new KiwiSaver members, isn't a broken promise, strictly speaking, writes Audrey Young.

New research by IRD says KiwiSaver's cost $6b in taxpayer money - but success has been 'marginal, at best.'

From 2pm yesterday, people enrolling in KiwiSaver no longer receive a $1000 kick-start payment.

The Government has promised not to make any further cuts to KiwiSaver after scrapping a $1000 payment which all members received upon signing up.

The decision to cut the $1000 kickstart for KiwiSaver was inevitable and is unlikely to stop people from joining up to the retirement savings scheme, says an expert.

A reader writes: Is there a minimum contribution my partner needs to have been making in order to be eligible for the KiwiSaver HomeStart?