It's interesting hearing the different views on whether government superannuation should be means tested.

The NZ Super Fund is taking a punt on US oil and gas exploration - putting nearly $300m into a private equity energy fund.

A slice of New Zealand's largest forestry operation has been sold by the Superannuation Fund to six central North Island iwi.

Even as John Key was reiterating his pig-headed refusal to address the long-term affordability of the state pension, the NZ Superannuation Fund reported on its performance, writes Brian Fallow.

An Australian hedge fund manager has raved about the potential for accountancy software company Xero.

With all due respect to the Commission, doesn't NZ Super already dis-incentivise savings and discourage people working longer?

Labour would raise the age of eligibility for NZ Superannuation to 67, make KiwiSaver compulsory for employees and increase the KiwiSaver contribution rate if voted into power.

Wouldn't you love to manage your own retirement funds? Instead of handing them over to a KiwiSaver provide, you research and buy the assets, which could include individual equities and even rental properties.

Infratil and NZ Super Fund are both buying up big stakes in listed retirement village operator Metlifecare.

The praise which Finance Minister Bill English heaped on the NZ Super on its 10th anniversary last week has a hollow ring to it, writes Brian Fallow.

Imagine the outrage if it were discovered that more than 80,000 Kiwis were receiving incomes of $6b a year, but were also receiving a benefit, writes Bernard Hickey.

How best to cope with the long-term budgetary impact of an ageing population is something Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf is careful not to be drawn on.

Most major KiwiSaver providers say they are ready to start accepting transtasman super transfers but their Aussie counterparts aren't playing ball.

Unpopular policies including means testing of superannuation and linking payment increases to inflation should be considered by governments as part of a prescription to avoid a long-term debt blowout, the Treasury says.

Ninety per cent of staff at the New Zealand Super Fund pocketed six-figure pay packets in the past financial year - plus hefty bonuses.

Lindsay Wright, who is married to former All Black Terry Wright, moved to Beijing in 2010 to work for Harvest Fund Management, was appointed at the end of last year to the board of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.

This year is shaping up to be a very busy one for new sharemarket listings...

NZ Post has sold its 35pc stake in Datacom to the NZ Superannuation Fund for $142m.

New Zealanders who have worked in Australia could be able to tap into an estimated $4 billion superannuation pot of gold from July next year.