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Kiwis confused on retirement investments

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
A survey found more than half of New Zealanders signed up to the retirement savings product, KiwiSaver, have no idea what they're investing in. The UMR national survey found 34 per cent of New Zealanders are signed up to KiwiSaver, representing more ...

AMP posts profits, AUM falls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... per cent to $56 million, as net cashflows increased by 73 per cent to $126 million due to regular contributions from KiwiSaver. Last year, AMP increased its market share of New Zealand's KiwiSaver from 11.4 per cent in 2007 to 15.2 per cent.

TOWER Investments signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
New Zealand based, TOWER Investments became one of the first KiwiSaver providers to sign the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). Signing the principles means TOWER Investments will integrate environmental, social and governance ...

KiwiSaver to drive fin literacy

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Gen X and Y Kiwis will be much more financially savvy than their predecessors because of the KiwiSaver scheme, predicts BT Funds Management. The New Zealand arm of BT Funds Management claims that in less than 20 years, an increasing number of young ...

NZ economy goes negative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Just as Australian fund managers turn their attention towards New Zealand as they try to take advantage of Kiwisaver and NZ Super, the land of the long white cloud has dipped into negative economic growth and looks set to fall into recession. "The New ...

AMP Fin Services Q1 cashflow drops $624m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... $364 million in the previous corresponding quarter. The shining star is the firm's New Zealand business, thanks to the KiwiSaver scheme. Inflows for the quarter climbed 21 per cent to $196 million. Net cashflows were a staggering $40 million - up from ...

AMP reports bullish quarter

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
... June. The company's New Zealand business showed net outflows of $39 million for the quarter, while the company waits for Kiwisaver funds that will not be received until October. Next year should be more positive as a result, the company said. Meller ...

PIS pre-empts NZ adviser surge

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... advice and insurance businesses in a possible pre-emptive move to accommodate investors rushing to seek advice after KiwiSaver kicks in. Speaking to delegates at PIS New Zealand's annual conference in Fiji, chief executive Robbie Bennetts said the New ...

Talisman now KiwiSaver compliant

... among the funds that used the IT solutions of Australia-based software group Bravura Solutions to comply with the new KiwiSaver legislation. Bravura Solutions has upgraded a number of their clients, including ASB and Trustees Executors, onto the KiwiSaver-compliant ...

NZ bourse doubles earnings ahead of KiwiSaver

... 102 per cent increase in earnings in the first half of 2007 and expects a stronger boost later in the year once the KiwiSaver and other related tax changes kick in. The group has announced that half-year EBITDA rose to $7.15 million, up from $3.53 million ...