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<i>Bernard Hickey: </i>Take forecasts with grain of salt
It's amazing what you can promise...
![Liam Dann: Cuts to KiwiSaver could return to haunt us](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Liam Dann: Cuts to KiwiSaver could return to haunt us
The Govt's proposed changes would undermine KiwiSaver's potential to create jobs, writes Liam Dann.
![Mary Holm: Beware 'hands-off' investments](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Mary Holm: Beware 'hands-off' investments
Buying foreclosed properties in the US as an investment?
![Changes rattle KiwiSaver but fans say scheme still a goer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Changes rattle KiwiSaver but fans say scheme still a goer
Encouraging better savings habits among NZers is about behaviour and psychology, an economist says.
![<i>Brian Gaynor: </i>Big Aussies lapping up their Kiwi cream](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
<i>Brian Gaynor: </i>Big Aussies lapping up their Kiwi cream
The four big Australian-owned banks - ANZ National, ASB, Bank of New Zealand and Westpac - are creaming it in New Zealand.
![Borrowing boom casts long shadow](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Borrowing boom casts long shadow
How long, cold and dark a shadow will be cast by the big build-up of household debt over the past decade?
![Bridgecorp investors close to receiving first payout](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Bridgecorp investors close to receiving first payout
Beleaguered Bridgecorp investors could soon get their first distribution from the failed property lender's receivers, nearly four years after the company collapsed.
![<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> We'll save money by spending less, not by investing less](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> We'll save money by spending less, not by investing less
KiwiSaver had become one of our loved institutions in a short period of time. We believed it would be there in future. We believed it made financial sense for ourselves and the country.
![Michael Pollard: Signs of recovery in local M&A](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Michael Pollard: Signs of recovery in local M&A
Simpson Grierson corporate partner Michael Pollard reflects on the state of the New Zealand corporate deal market.
![KiwiSaver cuts 'won't fix economy'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
KiwiSaver cuts 'won't fix economy'
The Prime Minister says cuts to KiwiSaver and Working for Families announced today will save the schemes from being axed in the future, but critics argue they will do nothing to fix the country's wider economic problems.
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Kiwisaver kick start will remain
More details of KiwiSaver cuts will be announced in the budget, but John Key says the $1000 kick start for new accounts will remain.
![Govt Kiwisaver cuts slammed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Govt Kiwisaver cuts slammed
Cutting Kiwisaver incentives means middle and lower-income New Zealanders are paying the price for the Government's poor economic management, according to the Green Party.
![Key: We cannot afford KiwiSaver](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Key: We cannot afford KiwiSaver
The Government will today announce changes to a Kiwisaver scheme it says "has become unaffordable"...
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Good grounds to investigate Hotchin: judge
Mark Hotchin's New Zealand assets will remain frozen after a High Court judge ruled there are good grounds for the Financial Markets Authority to investigate the Hanover Finance director.
![Secret talks on farmers' trading plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Secret talks on farmers' trading plan
Fonterra's bold plan strikes hurdles, writes Jonathan Underhill.