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Capital Markets: KiwiSaver reboots capital markets
The well-capitalised NZ Super fund is also giving private investors confidence, say ASB leaders.
The well-capitalised NZ Super fund is also giving private investors confidence, say ASB leaders.
The absence of domestic investment opportunities is seeing increasing amounts of KiwiSaver fund money finding its way overseas, reports Alexander Speirs.
As retirement looms, they see the baby-boomers take an ever-increasing share of the economic pie, not just in the form of superannuation but in healthcare too, writes Susan St John.
As the Labour Party looks across the Tasman for superannuation inspiration, another Australian "independent think-tank" has cast an envious glance our way.
Readers of this column will know that it advocates achieving exposure to shares and other risky assets, in part, via passive funds.
You're a 48-year-old woman with three grown-up children. You've worked most of your adult life, saved when you could for your future. You look forward to being an active superannuitant in 17 years, enjoying your freedom and "living the dream".
The law is supposed to protect the most vulnerable in our community from exploitation.
Last week I happened to attend an outstanding talk in Tauranga by All Blacks Mental Skills coach Gilbert Enoka.
We've heard a lot about interest rate rises and the effect on house buyer mortgage costs. But when will the banks be putting up the return on the savings of people with term deposits?
Dealing with tenants is one of the biggest banes of many landlords' lives. Many break the rules, break things, or call in the middle of the night complaining about plumbing or rats in the roof.
Kiwi consumers are less financially stressed than Australians despite rising interest rates, a survey has found.
Kiwi's money worries are at the lowest level in two years and are expected to continue improving this year, according to a report by a credit agency.
KiwiSaver providers with more money invested in the New Zealand share market beat the pack last quarter, according to Morningstar.
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.
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.
Labour's proposals to allow the Reserve Bank to adjust KiwiSaver contributions rather than interest rates to control inflation could hurt savers, KiwiSaver experts warn.
The first impression of the Labour Party's "monetary policy upgrade" is that it looks good, writes Brian Fallow, managing to look both conservative and progressive.
Australia’s A$1.7 trillion super system has come in for another mauling, this time at the hands of “independent think tank”, the Grattan Institute.
More people are complaining about KiwiSaver to the Banking Ombudsman with a 51 per cent increase in cases compared to last year.
The industry needs to win the public's trust before people will hand over their retirement savings in exchange for a regular income.
By age 67 I will, according to a digitally-imagined version of my future self look equal parts ex-coalminer and chimpanzee.
Despite all the time and effort going into behavioural finance these days it seems many investors still buy high and sell low.
Here are some reasons not to embrace the view of economic analyst Jesse Colombo that NZ is hurtling towards crisis.