KiwiSaver Funds - August 31st For Great KiwiSaver, the Answer is Simplicity Itself This year, KiwiSaver has been in the headlines more than usual. The financial turbulence caused by the pandemic has focused attention on many aspects of the retirement savings scheme. The stock market's roller-coaster ride caused us …
KiwiSaver Funds - August 26th 10 Bad Investment Habits You Need to Break 1) Not thinking long-term Investing shouldn’t be thought of as a get-rich-quick scheme, more often than not it’s a long-term process. And while you may have to be patient before you reap the rewards, often by …
Home Loans - August 21st How To Avoid Paying Too Much For a New Home When you feel like you’ve found the perfect new home, it can be tempting to throw the rule book out of the window. You’ll do anything to secure the house of your dreams, even if …
Budgeting & Saving Money - June 19th Coronavirus: What Help Is Available If I’ve Been Made Redundant? Things are returning to normal in New Zealand with our move to Alert Level 1. On June 9, 2020, we were granted the freedom to hug and move as we please for the first time …
KiwiSaver Funds - June 15th KiwiSaver: An Ethical Investing Guide Almost all KiwiSaver funds have a portion of the pot invested in shares, and the overriding objective of most KiwiSaver fund managers is to make money. So there’s a high chance that some of the …
KiwiSaver Funds - June 5th How to Transfer a UK Pension to New Zealand Kiwis have always loved to live and work in the UK, and there's never been a shortage of Poms looking to make the move to Aotearoa. As a result, many people have private pensions in …
KiwiSaver Funds - June 3rd A Beginner’s Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds Author: Martin Kovacs Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can provide a simple and effective means to diversify your investment portfolio, offering streamlined access to different industry sectors and asset classes. However, before making any type of investment, it's …
KiwiSaver Funds - May 14th Investing in Bonds – What You Need To Know Bonds, bonds, bonds … they’re everywhere at the moment. As the Treasury has got busy issuing billions of dollars in extra New Zealand Government bonds, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has been just …
KiwiSaver Funds - April 6th Don’t Rush Into Making A KiwiSaver Hardship Withdrawal Before Exploring All Your Options As COVID-19 continues its relentless spread around the world, it’s leaving financial devastation in its wake. So far here in New Zealand, thankfully, we’ve escaped the worst of its toll on human health, though few …
KiwiSaver Funds - March 17th Why You Should Have a Will, Even if You’re Under 30 Fewer than half of New Zealanders have a will. The figures are even lower for women, Māori and Pasifika, according to a survey by the NZ Commission for Financial Capability. It found people put off …
