Category Archives: KiwiSaver Articles

Making KiwiSaver a compulsory savings isn’t the silver bullet to address New Zealand’s dismal savings record, with the evidence across the Tasman unclear, according to the Savings Working Group. The group’s chairman, Kerry McDonald, told a media briefing in Wellington the group was using Australia as a “laboratory” to draw on the experience across the […]

There is potential for KiwiSaver to grow the retirement savings pool but it is unclear whether that has been the case so far according to industry experts. Speaking at the Workplace Savings conference in Christchurch Inland Revenue senior evaluator Katherine Meerman says it is an important but unanswered question. “Because if KiwiSaver isn’t growing the […]

Most KiwiSaver funds were in the red over the second quarter as the markets had their first pullback after four positive quarters of strong results according to the Morningstar quarterly KiwiSaver Performance Survey. Morningstar says the pullback was due to the global recovery being put on hold in May after uncertainties as a result of […]

The latest KiwiSaver Performance Survey results from Morningstar. KiwiSaver Performance Survey – Returns to 30 June 2010                 Default Options 3-month (%) 6-month (%) 1-year (%) 2-year (%pa) AMP (Default) -0.46 0.58 5.05 3.13 ASB Conservative (Default) -0.40 1.63 6.78 4.99 AXA Income Plus (Default) -0.48 1.74 9.08 […]