I read your interesting recent article on the Welcome Home Loan and believe it might apply to our returning daughter

I read the other day about women hitting retirement with less in the kitty than men.

Lawyer first port of call for grandparent bequests but KiwiSaver offers options for supporting grandchildren, writes Helen Twose.

Editorial: Listening to Winston Peters, you could be forgiven for thinking KiwiSaver was a seriously defective and widely reviled retirement savings vehicle.

"Where," asks David Chaplin, "are the current batch of default providers going to send members for 'impartial financial advice' - off to rival banks, perhaps?"

All KiwiSaver investors should be able to find out how their fund is performing, what fees are being charged and where the money is being invested from today.

Winston Peters says changes to KiwiSaver which would stop it being "a pot of gold’’ for fund managers would be a bottom line in any post election coalition talks.

Helen Twose looks at the Welcome Home Loan administered by Housing NZ which helps people with modest incomes get a home loan with a small deposit.

You don't have to be an employee to be part of KiwiSaver, but the rules are a bit different.

My wife and I are about to enter a KiwiSaver fund at age 61 and 63.

Q: I was wondering if I can withdraw some of my KiwiSaver without withdrawing it all. I am 66 years old and I have not touched it at all.

KiwiSaver members should look at how much they are paying in fees because the amount varies greatly between providers, says a financial research firm.

The NZ dollar has retained its status as one of the world's most-traded currencies, churning through an average US$12.4 billion of transactions every day during April.