Category Archives: KiwiSaver Articles

Fund managers have a tough job claming that their returns justify higher fees, researchers say. Members of AUT’s Auckland Centre for Financial Research took issue with comments from ANZ in relation to its recent white paper and survey. It said that young people in particular were putting too much of a focus on fees, sometimes […]

When is a ‘balanced’ fund not a balanced fund? When it takes the risk of a growth fund, one researcher says. AUT professor of finance Bart Frijns wrote a research paper in which he said the way KiwiSaver funds’ risk levels were described could be misleading. “When you look at the risk profile of a […]

Advice is important to make sure New Zealanders get the most out of KiwiSaver, the country’s biggest provider says – but it suggests much of it should be supplied free. ANZ has released a survey and whitepaper to mark the 10th anniversary of the retirement savings scheme. It called for the scheme to be made […]

New research from Inland Revenue shows many KiwiSaver members don’t understand how the tax credit works, or what it is. The Commission for Financial Capability is calling for action from providers to ensure that more people in KiwiSaver receive one of its main benefits: the $521 member tax credit (MTC) paid to members by the […]