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![KiwiSaver: Moving funds across the Tasman tricky](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
KiwiSaver: Moving funds across the Tasman tricky
I have been emailing ASB KiwiSaver scheme and also other providers in Sydney, but only faced "no responses".
![Mary Holm: Take the plunge, research KiwiSaver](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mary Holm: Take the plunge, research KiwiSaver
Armed with info on the fund's past returns, you can roughly compare them with term deposit returns, writes Mary Holm.
![Tamsyn Parker: How safe is your KiwiSaver provider?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tamsyn Parker: How safe is your KiwiSaver provider?
When it comes to KiwiSaver it's only possible to go with one provider, writes Tamsyn Parker. Fortunately this issue is balanced by a number of protective factors.
![Inside Money: ANZ surrenders staff super scheme to KiwiSaver](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Inside Money: ANZ surrenders staff super scheme to KiwiSaver
One of NZ’s largest stand-alone employer superannuation scheme, the $230 million plus ANZ National Bank Staff fund is winding up.
![KiwiSaver: Broader options decrease provider risk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
KiwiSaver: Broader options decrease provider risk
I have a KiwiSaver account, and am very happy with the gradual accumulation of savings.
![Inside Money: Why pension-pinching is not on the transtasman to-do list](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Inside Money: Why pension-pinching is not on the transtasman to-do list
As per its pre-budget propaganda, the Australian government has put its aging population on notice: retirement has been postponed.
![Tamsyn Parker: Would you lend to a friend?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tamsyn Parker: Would you lend to a friend?
Being asked by a friend of family member for money can be such an emotionally charged situation, writes Tamsyn Parker.
![Inside Money: Capital punishment relief can ease pain for KiwiSavers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Inside Money: Capital punishment relief can ease pain for KiwiSavers
The FSC has reiterated its call for preferential KiwiSaver tax rates, describing the current regime as "most punitive tax regime for retirement saving that we have been able to find in the developed world".
![KiwiSaver: Investing by Islamic principles](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
KiwiSaver: Investing by Islamic principles
The conventional investment thinking suggests tipping your money into growth assets like you have when there is a longer time frame.
![Susan St John: Private pensions for the lucky few](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Susan St John: Private pensions for the lucky few
What really matters for most people contemplating a healthy and happy retirement is good health and financial security, writes Susan St John.
![Brian Fallow: The sceptics' case on Labour's plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brian Fallow: The sceptics' case on Labour's plan
The contrary view to Labour's plan for monetary policy and savings goes broadly like this: It is a cute idea but it won't work, writes Brian Fallow.
![KiwiSaver: Missed opt-out form causes confusion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
KiwiSaver: Missed opt-out form causes confusion
What happens if the payroll services company which the employer used for paying its employees failed to submit my opt-out form?
![Joyce on Labour KiwiSaver plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Joyce on Labour KiwiSaver plan
National fired a broadside yesterday at Labour's plan to control interest rates with the help of compulsory KiwiSaver.
![Top KiwiSaver providers invest more in NZ shares](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Top KiwiSaver providers invest more in NZ shares
KiwiSaver providers with more money invested in the New Zealand share market beat the pack last quarter, according to Morningstar.
![Inside Money: Keep KiwiSaver tidy - why it doesn't need messing with](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Inside Money: Keep KiwiSaver tidy - why it doesn't need messing with
Labour’s proposal to transform KiwiSaver into a direct instrument of monetary policy has generated acres of comment.
![Compulsory KiwiSaver exempts 300,000](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Compulsory KiwiSaver exempts 300,000
More than 300,000 business owners and self-employed people would be exempted from Labour's new policy to make workers pay more into KiwiSaver to dampen inflation.
![Brian Fallow: Labour's plan a subtly blunt instrument](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brian Fallow: Labour's plan a subtly blunt instrument
What we got from Labour's finance spokesman David Parker on Tuesday was a much broader economic policy than that would imply, writes Brian Fallow.
![Labour's KiwiSaver 'bun fight'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Labour's KiwiSaver 'bun fight'
Labour's proposal to introduce a variable contribution rate to compulsory KiwiSaver as a counter-cyclical tool has received mixed reviews from bank economists.
![KiwiSaver: who wins, loses](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
KiwiSaver: who wins, loses
Households struggling to keep on top of their mortgages would win from Labour's proposed interest rate shake-up - but at the expense of those who can't afford a house.