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PM wants NZ to be super-fund 'hub'

15 February 2010

Prime Minister John Key wants New Zealand to become an international financial hub specialising in the administration of overseas pension funds.

More changes for KiwiSaver, says English

7 August 2009

At an Association of Superannuation Funds of New Zealand forum in Wellington, English reiterated that the Government did not intend making drastic changes to the Labour-initiated KiwiSaver scheme.

Dunne: many investing in overseas companies better off under FDR rules

1 April 2009

Recent media reports have revealed confusion about how individual investors in overseas companies are taxed under the new fair dividend rate (FDR) rules that came into force in 2007, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today.

Fed-up boss goes back to the rules on KiwiSaver

14 October 2008

One of New Zealand's biggest companies says it is so fed up with frequent changes to KiwiSaver that it will not make any further promises to its staff about the scheme until it settles down.

Credit crisis: not all bad news

3 September 2008

Regulators will seek to impose a 'speed limit' on the financial economy as they pay the price of cleaning up after the credit crisis, Medley Global Advisors analyst Paul Silk says.

Seniors protest against rules on foreign pensions

24 July 2008

Septuagenarian protesters greeted Social Development Minister Ruth Dyson at an Auckland Grey Power meeting yesterday with placards demanding their rights to foreign pensions.

Australia, NZ agree to progress work on mutual recognition of imputation and franking credits

17 July 2008

The Australian and New Zealand governments are open to the idea of moving toward mutual recognition of imputation and franking credits between firms that invest in each other's country, Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan and New Zealand Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today.

Piggy puts Nats in a stew

25 March 2008

It's an offer Kiwis are finding hard to refuse. You put aside four cents in every dollar from your before-tax pay and the Government matches it with a tax break to a maximum of $20 a week.

Nats silent on KiwiSaver Tax

19 March 2008

Kiwisaver members will still get a government subsidy under National, but finance spokesman Bill English is refusing to say whether that means keeping up to $20 a week in tax breaks.

National pressed on KiwiSaver policy

13 March 2008

National is under pressure to say whether it will keep KiwiSaver as combined nest eggs head toward $1 billion after just eight months and young workers embrace the scheme.