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![Major KiwiSaver providers to merge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Major KiwiSaver providers to merge
Two KiwiSaver providers are merging to become one of New Zealand's largest locally-owned operations in the retirement savings scheme.
![Mary Holm: Calculating right time to pay off mortgage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Mary Holm: Calculating right time to pay off mortgage
Mary Holm answers questions on finding the best time to pay off your mortgage. Can you pay it off too early? What should you aim for?
![Inside Money: Recent publications - briefings from the regulatory perimeter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Inside Money: Recent publications - briefings from the regulatory perimeter
The Financial Markets Authority has been in publication overdrive this last week or so, spewing forth on a range of topics.
![Kiwisaver at 6: A birthday to savour?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Kiwisaver at 6: A birthday to savour?
More than 21,000 retirees have withdrawn their KiwiSaver funds since the first batch became eligible a year ago.
![Hotchin trustee claim thrown out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Hotchin trustee claim thrown out
Mark Hotchin's attempt to join two trustee companies to the FMA's civil case against him and make them contribute to any potential damages is dismissed.
![Five Star founder changes plea](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Five Star founder changes plea
Five Star founder Neill Williams - the so-called "puppeteer" at the failed finance group - has changed his plea to guilty, just four days into his trial.
![Kiwibank on FMA target: 'It ain't us'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Kiwibank on FMA target: 'It ain't us'
Kiwibank says it is not one of the two KiwiSaver issuers pulled up by the Financial Markets Authority for potentially misleading statements in offer documents.
![Helen Twose: KiwiSaver home subsidy rules can be tricky](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Helen Twose: KiwiSaver home subsidy rules can be tricky
My husband and I are trying to get on to the property ladder for a second time.
![FMA lines up two KiwiSaver funds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
FMA lines up two KiwiSaver funds
The FMA is preparing to take action against two unnamed KiwiSaver issuers for making misleading statements in their offer documents.
![Surge in May KiwiSaver sign-ups](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Surge in May KiwiSaver sign-ups
The number of people signing up to KiwiSaver surged by more than 21,000 last month - the most it has grown by in a single month in over 18 months.
![Bernard Hickey: Bet on Gen Y debt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Bernard Hickey: Bet on Gen Y debt
"How does one generation get to sell their houses to the next generation at the toppest of top dollars when that new generation can't leverage up?" asks Bernard Hickey.
![FMA boss calls for end to financial blame game](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
FMA boss calls for end to financial blame game
Kiwi investors need to take responsibility for their financial decisions and stop blaming the market regulator every time something goes wrong, says the head of the Financial Markets Authority.
![Diana Clement: Swiping the plastic may not be so fantastic](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Diana Clement: Swiping the plastic may not be so fantastic
Next time you give your credit card some exercise, ask yourself if you're behaving logically. You're probably not.
![Kiwis good with money plans - bad on execution](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Kiwis good with money plans - bad on execution
Many New Zealanders are failing to their knowledge of money matters into action, according to a survey.