The new Foreign Investment Fund rules

There have just been sweeping changes made to New Zealand's foreign investment fund rules removing grey list countries. This significantly effects pension transfers to New Zealand as well as ownership of

Kiwi saver

New Zealand’s KiwiSaver is the world’s first national, auto-enrolment, retirement savings scheme (starting 2007).  The UK also proposes such a scheme – similar but different.  Which is likely to be more successful?  Does either country need one at all? more

The radical extensions to KiwiSaver by the New Zealand government’s 2007 Budget on the eve of its 1 July 2007 start date has raised the issue of whether governments really can change behaviour to increase either total individual or national saving.  This carefully worded officials’ commentary implies not, or not much... more

For the last 20 years, New Zealand has had a two-pillar retirement income system – an elegant, universal, PAYG state pension plus voluntary saving.  There have been no tax incentives or compulsion for the second pillar of private provision.  So, how have New Zealanders responded?  Apparently, mostly quite rationally. So what’s the problem? more

More interest in interest rates

Sky-rocketing house prices and blunt tool economic policy are pushing the New Zealand dollar higher and higher.  When will this cycle end?  We investigate the rise and rise of interest rates in New Zealand and the knock on effect that it is having on individuals personal finances...

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