Nikko Asset Management is to launch a KiwiSaver fund offered via roboadvice. The fund manager is set to offer the scheme to the market next year. The fund manager has a strong institutional backing in New Zealand but has been working on growing its reach in the financial adviser community. It is also planning to […]
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Simplicity lists on platforms
Low-cost KiwiSaver provider Simplicity is making changes that affect advisers. Founder Sam Stubbs said “quite a few” members were now coming through advisers. It has put its funds on to the FNZ platform and is working through the process of placing them with Aegis. Simplicity offers both KiwiSaver and non-KiwiSaver passive funds and has almost […]
KiwiSaver: Next crunch could be tougher
KiwiSaver members shrugged off the only real downturn they have experienced because government incentives covered up its impact – but next time will not be so easy, new analysis suggests. The superannuation savings scheme has attracted many more members than was anticipated when it launched – it now has more than 2.7 million members and […]
Work on incomes, global pension report says
There will be growing demand for retirement income products as KiwiSaver matures, the author of a new report on pension policy says. Mercer has this year expanded its Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index to include New Zealand. The index reviews global pension systems and assesses the benefits they provide, their sustainability in the context of […]