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 …
KiwiSaver Funds - July 3rd New Zealand’s Top 10 KiwiSaver Schemes According to the most recent statistics, there are just over 3 million active KiwiSaver members, and $60bn invested with over 30 KiwiSaver providers. Between those providers there are 270 different funds, which offer a wide …
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 …
Home Loans - June 17th Real Estate vs Shares: Which is the Better Investment? Money in the bank, as the old adage goes, is money in the bank. It’s always going to be a reliable asset. But in these days of ultra-low interest rates, money stuck in a bank …
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 29th Should I Change My Investment Strategy Due to the Pandemic? Author: Isabella Shoard The impact of Covid-19 has been felt significantly in the global markets with share prices rising and falling and the environment for investors continuing to appear fragile. The pandemic has had a significant …
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 …
