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Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... cycle hit our next-door neighbour New Zealand as well. Just a few days after the world was celebrating and praising New Zealanders for recording 100 days of zero infection - 102 to be exact - came reports of four new infections, prompting Prime Minister ...

Chief economist update: Ardern's ardour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... to party when Jacinda imposed Stage 4 restrictions - that closed down all non-essential services - on March 25. New Zealanders general compliance allowed the government to remove restrictions -- except border controls -- less than three months later ...

Industry fund eyes KiwiSaver accounts

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... industry but is public offer, will now be recommended by NZRelo which provides migration and employment advice to New Zealanders looking to work in Australia. As a part of NZRelo's offering, it advertises an Australian superannuation to its 140,000 ...

ATO allows ERS access to New Zealanders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
The Australian Taxation Office is allowing New Zealanders with KiwiSaver accounts to access the Early Release of Superannuation scheme through a loophole. In an update to its Design and Implementation document, the ATO said those with a KiwiSaver account ...

Westpac names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... our people. We have a critical role to play alongside government and our regulators in supporting Australians and New Zealanders and our countries' financial systems," King said. King added that his medium-term priorities remain to drive performance ...

Extraordinary stimulus provides wage subsidy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... to their business," he said. "It's about keeping people in jobs." Morrison said the payments will apply to New Zealanders on 444 visas and not-for-profits. Individuals will not be eligible for the job seeker payment through Centrelink and a job keeper ...

NZ blacklists fossil fuels from super

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... change, barring fossil fuel producers from default accounts in its voluntary super system. Approximately 690,000 New Zealanders in default KiwiSaver accounts will no longer have exposure to investments in fossil fuels and illegal weapons, with the changes ...

Defined contribution: A global perspective

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... avoided a lot of the issues that are happening in more mature markets." Klipin said New Zealand's system - which sees New Zealanders combine a non-means tested pension, savings through KiwiSaver and their own assets - had led the nation down a separate ...

New Zealand maintains pension age

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... likely if you work in manual labour or hard labour your life expectancy is also shorter." Under the NZSF scheme, all New Zealanders aged 65 and over receive payments - otherwise known as the pension, National Super or Super. Over the next few decades ...

New Zealand retirement system under review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... housing on the review, acting retirement commissioner Peter Cordtz said the commission expects to see the amount of New Zealanders receiving an accommodation supplement to meet housing costs continue to rise as they have since 2013. "In the 2016 Review ...