Category Archives: KiwiSaver News

Financial advisers will have a bigger role to play in the distribution of KiwiSaver now the Government has dropped the $1000 kickstart incentive, a banking expert says. It was revealed in the Budget last week that the $1000 will no longer be available to new KiwiSavers. The payment has been in place since the scheme […]

People enrolling in KiwiSaver from now will no longer receive a $1,000 kick-start payment, Finance Minister Bill English says. “KiwiSaver has been successful in attracting members, with 2.5 million New Zealanders having a KiwiSaver account and together receiving $2.5 billion in kick-start payments since the scheme started in 2007,” English says. “However, it also has […]

Kiwis who think their retirement savings are sorted because they have signed up to KiwiSaver may get a nasty shock when they reach 65. David Boyle, group manager of investor education at the Commission for Financial Capability, said one of his biggest concerns about KiwiSaver was that savers would think that, having signed up, they […]

IRD is in talks with its counterpart in Britain after moves that have meant New Zealand KiwiSaver schemes can no longer accept British pension transfers without penalty. A Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS) is a scheme that meets requirements set out by Britain’s HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). British migrants can transfer their UK […]