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![<i>John Armstrong</i>: Australia shows the way but report wimps out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>John Armstrong</i>: Australia shows the way but report wimps out
When it comes to the nuts and bolts of lifting household savings, the saving group comes over all timid and tentative.
![<i>John Armstrong</i>: Timid report misses golden opportunity](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>John Armstrong</i>: Timid report misses golden opportunity
So much for stimulating public debate on NZ's hopelessly inadequate savings rate. The rather timid report produced by Bill English's savings working group has put paid to that.
![NZ at 'dire risk' of financial crisis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ at 'dire risk' of financial crisis
The Government's Savings Work Group has taken aim at "distortions" in the tax system that fuelled the recent housing boom at the expense of other forms of saving and investment that would have promoted healthy economic growth.
![Savings Group: KiwiSaver changes needed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Savings Group: KiwiSaver changes needed
The Government's Savings Work Group has this morning recommended changes to KiwiSaver, but has stopped short of suggesting it be made compulsory.
![<i>Inside Money:</i> Group thinks how to save a blinged-out NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Inside Money:</i> Group thinks how to save a blinged-out NZ
The day started badly when I saw that pseudo-farmer decked out in fashion swandri on the TV ad this morning explaining why he traded in gold bullion.
![<i>Inside Money: </i> Making KiwiSaver simple but not stupid](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Inside Money: </i> Making KiwiSaver simple but not stupid
I liked the proposals requiring all KiwiSaver schemes to report quarterly on what they have actually invested in.
![Many providers think KiwiSaver a slow earner](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Many providers think KiwiSaver a slow earner
More KiwiSaver providers expect it to take longer than two years to recoup the costs of setting up the scheme.
![Kiwi financial confidence dips, big banks win investors hearts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi financial confidence dips, big banks win investors hearts
Financial confidence levels have dropped back to 2009 levels, says a new survey.