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Commissioner wants NZ Super shake-up
People will have to be resident in New Zealand for 25 years to get Superannuation under new proposals.
People will have to be resident in New Zealand for 25 years to get Superannuation under new proposals.
Finance companies and credit unions face a challenging year ahead after a strong period, according to a KPMG report.
For all you youth-bashing curmudgeons out there, it's true, the kids really are speaking a different language - and now it's official.
Net profit rose to $2.4 million, or 3.35 cents per share, in the six months ended September 30 from $1.5m, or 2.18 cents, a year earlier.
The government's announcement that KiwiSaver providers have until 2018 to start providing transparent information about all the fees
COMMENT: With so many worthy causes out there, we need to find where our dollars will make the most difference.
There's only a handful of suburbs left in all of Auckland where first home buyers can get a helping hand from the government.
Investors saving for their retirement face something of a perfect storm at the moment. We are now in an era of low returns yet
Some mortgage holders are breaking their fixed terms early to lock in longer term rates before they rise further, says a broker.
The NZ Super Fund can't rule out whether it has any money invested in companies which make the delivery systems for nuclear weapons.
COMMENT: When debt is low, paying down the mortgage might not be best bet.
New Zealand retail spending on electronic cards fell in November, amid disruption from the Kaikoura earthquake.
Ken is worried that his abs aren't just what they used to be and Barbie says it's time to have a serious talk about money.
The Financial Markets Authority has no plans to follow its UK counterpart and impose limits on the leverage that derivatives issuers can offer their clients.
Research has revealed 38 per cent of Kiwi adults don't have a will and apathy is the biggest reason people don't get around to it.
Harmoney misled consumers into thinking they had been pre-approved for a personal loan.
New Zealand's largest insurer says the Kaikoura quakes is likely to cost it hundreds of million of dollars.
COMMENT: They say incentives work, so here's some fun you can have to get the children moving in the right direction.
COMMENT: Changes to KiwiSaver conditions are at the whim of future governments.
COMMENT: Enthusiasm for index funds could prove costly in the long term.
People are being urged to set up electronic payments for the day after they get paid as banks adopt hourly clearance of payments.
A huge overhaul of capital markets law that began coming into effect two years ago is now fully in force.
The amount of money being borrowed to buy houses at five and six times a person's income has grown significantly in the last two years
COMMENT: Borrowing money to invest can supercharge your returns but only in a rising market which is difficult to time.
Banks have increased term deposit rates in a bid to attract customers and fund further mortgage lending.
Gavin Marsich, director of payday lending company Twenty Fifty Club, has been fined $76,000 and banned from offering consumer finance.
COMMENT: 'Tis the season after all, but it pays to pace ourselves so we make savvy choices.
People who are married and have two or three children are more likely to have a higher credit score than those with one or no children. Research
COMMENT: In the manual of life no-one says you'll be sandwiched between children and elderly parents.
COMMENT: Even a little extra payment will be a help for family facing a terminal illness.