Category Archives: KiwiSaver Articles

New Zealanders have missed out on KiwiSaver returns because of their lack of exposure to the local share market, one manager says. Milford Asset Management executive director Brian Gaynor has rejected calls for KiwiSaver to be made compulsory, saying it would take the competitive onus away from fund managers. But he said changes were needed.  […]

Michael Cullen chairing the new government’s tax working group could be a boon to the KiwiSaver industry, it has been predicted. Cullen, the architect of the retirement savings scheme, will head up the group which will have  “wide mandate” to look at New Zealand’s whole tax system. It has specifically been tasked with looking at […]

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 […]

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 […]