Category Archives: KiwiSaver Articles

BNZ is launching a new KiwiSaver First-Home Buyer Fund. This new fund, open to customers from Thursday, extends BNZ’s KiwiSaver Scheme fund choices from five to six. It is designed for people saving for their first home using BNZ KiwiSaver and who intend to withdraw their savings for their deposit. BNZ head of wealth Donna […]

Advisers are being offered new tools to help them analyse KiwiSaver funds’ risk. KnowRisk.biz has been launched by Peter Urbani and offers risk analysis of the retirement savings scheme. Membership of the website is free but risk tools cost $50 per download. Urbani said sites such as Sorted provided adequate information for retail clients. But […]

Advisers are worried about banks moving in on their turf with home loan offers that require customers to have multiple products with the lender. One adviser, who did not want to be named, said he lost the KiwiSaver account of a long-standing client when he was offered $1500 towards his mortgage if he brought a […]

[UPDATED, ADDS GENERATE COMMENT] A financial adviser who used to manage a small KiwiSaver scheme says the pressure will be on Pie Funds if it launches into the market. Pie Funds is believed to be planning to open a KiwiSaver scheme next year. Pie’s funder and chief executive Mike Taylor was not available to confirm […]