Category Archives: KiwiSaver Articles

Financial advisers are losing popularity as a source of information for KiwiSaver members, who prefer to go to product providers or their employers, according to new research. The Mercer KiwiSaver Sentiment Index Study found only 19% of respondents preferred to go a financial adviser for information about the scheme, down from 23% in the last […]

Imposing more regulations on KiwiSaver funds could stifle the best performers, says Fidelity Life chief executive Milton Jennings. Financial Markets Authority chief executive Sean Hughes said there were gaps in the rules relating to KiwiSaver schemes. He says there should be more co-operation between regulators, and suggests “there is no prudential supervision for KiwiSaver.” Prudential […]

After years of repeated tinkering in successive Budgets, KiwiSaver looks set to finally be left alone this year. Prime Minister John Key has announced in a pre-Budget speech that there will be no changes to KiwiSaver tax credits. Last year’s budget saw the government halve the maximum yearly tax credit from $1040 to $520, a […]

A savings expert has called for a radical overhaul of the KiwiSaver default system, which would see the current default providers lose their “privileged” position in the market. In the Retirement Policy Research Centre’s latest PensionCommentary, co-director Michael Littlewood has questioned the need to renew the agreements with the six default KiwiSaver providers in 2014, […]