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Increased Savings Pool Would Add Jobs, Achieve Higher Wages

Thursday, 3 January 2013, 12:39 pm | Financial Services Council

Funds in KiwiSaver would grow to $731 billion by 2066 if the scheme becomes closer to universal and covers 80 percent of employees and if contribution rates grow to 10 percent to fund a comfortable retirement for younger New Zealanders. More >>

Increased Savings Pool Would Add Jobs, Achieve Higher Wages

Thursday, 3 January 2013, 12:38 pm | Financial Services Council

Funds in KiwiSaver would grow to $731 billion by 2066 if the scheme becomes closer to universal and covers 80 percent of employees and if contribution rates grow to 10 percent to fund a comfortable retirement for younger New Zealanders. KiwiSaver ... More >>

10,000 First Home Buyers Using Kiwisaver for Their Deposits

Thursday, 3 January 2013, 12:37 pm | Financial Services Council

KiwiSaver has helped 10,000 first home owners raise deposits on an estimated $3 billion worth of property, it has injected capital into clever companies that create new jobs and it has established reliable sources of funding for the New Zealand businesses ... More >>

10,000 1st Home Buyers Realise Their Dreams Using Kiwisaver

Thursday, 3 January 2013, 12:35 pm | Financial Services Council

KiwiSaver has helped 10,000 first home owners raise deposits on an estimated $3 billion worth of property, it has injected capital into clever companies that create new jobs and it has established reliable sources of funding for the New Zealand businesses ... More >>

The Potential Impact of KiwiSaver on the NZ Capital Market

Thursday, 3 January 2013, 12:32 pm | Financial Services Council

A Save as You Go (SAYGO) retirement savings scheme such as KiwiSaver can produce a number of beneficial economic effects. The main findings drawn out in this paper are summarised below. More >>

New Year Tip—Check Your Kiwisaver Balance

Monday, 31 December 2012, 12:01 pm | Financial Services Council

2013 New Year financial tip for young KiwiSavers: Check your account balance and get ready for a pleasant surprise, suggests Financial Service Council chief executive Peter Neilson. More >>

Is Your Car Worth More Than Your Family's Financial Security

Sunday, 21 October 2012, 6:24 pm | Financial Services Council

New Zealanders appear to place greater value on their assets than their lives, income and family’s future, Dame Jenny Shipley told an Australasian Life Underwriters and Claims Association conference in Auckland today. More >>

Financial Services Council Welcomes Review

Thursday, 4 October 2012, 6:22 pm | Financial Services Council

The Chief Executive of the Financial Services Council, Mr Peter Neilson, welcomed the Retirement Commission’s terms of reference for the Retirement Income Policy Review that will result in a report to Parliament next August. More >>

New Zealanders should talk to their children about money

Monday, 10 September 2012, 12:10 pm | Financial Services Council

New Zealand’s first Money Week is September 2nd – 8th 2012. The Financial Services Council is in full support of Money Week and its dedication to financial literacy education in New Zealand. This year FSC wants New Zealanders to talk to their children ... More >>

FSC welcomes new retirement expenditure survey

Thursday, 16 August 2012, 3:10 pm | Financial Services Council

FSC welcomes new retirement expenditure survey The Workplace Savings/Westpac/NZ Retirement Expenditure Guidelines Survey on how much people are presently spending in retirement will be helpful information for measuring and monitoring our likely ... More >>

FSC welcomes blog’s contribution to pension reform debate

Thursday, 12 July 2012, 7:27 pm | Financial Services Council

12 July 2012 FSC welcomes blog’s contribution to pension reform debate The Financial Services Council (FSC) has welcomes the contribution of Michael Littlewood, in his Pension Reforms blog, to the conversation on how to provide future retirement incomes ... More >>

Funding the costs of an ageing population

Friday, 29 June 2012, 11:41 am | Financial Services Council

Economists need to engage in the discussions on how best to fund the costs of an ageing population More >>

Public back compulsory savings policy idea

Sunday, 24 June 2012, 4:46 pm | Financial Services Council

Sunday, 24 June 2012 For Immediate Use Media release Public back compulsory savings policy idea New Zealanders are firmly in favour of making contributions to employees’ personal retirement savings accounts compulsory. The Financial Services Council (FSC) ... More >>

Public back compulsory savings policy idea

Sunday, 24 June 2012, 2:38 pm | Financial Services Council

New Zealanders are firmly in favour of making contributions to employees’ personal retirement savings accounts compulsory. More >>

Cross-party committee suggested for retirement income policy

Monday, 18 June 2012, 11:45 am | Financial Services Council

The country’s savings and investment industry is suggesting an all-party Parliamentary Select Committee on Retirement Income Security to oversee the development and passage of new retirement income policy for New Zealanders under 40. More >>

New Plan to Keep NZ Super, Continue Retirement at 65

Sunday, 17 June 2012, 12:28 pm | Financial Services Council

NZ’s savings and investment industry has launched a major new report suggesting the country debate policy options which allow the country to keep NZ Super, be able to retire at 65 - and double the retirement incomes of those now aged under-40. More >>

Long life Will be Costly

Sunday, 10 June 2012, 7:44 pm | Financial Services Council

Savings industry to launch new retirement income policy options report. Kiwis living longer: 44% of males born in 2011 will live to 100, 52% of females More >>

Kiwisaver Automatic Enrolment Deferment Disappointing

Thursday, 24 May 2012, 8:49 pm | Financial Services Council

The Government’s decision to defer a plan to automatically enrol all New Zealanders into the KiwiSaver scheme in 2014-15 is disappointing. Peter Neilson, chief executive of the Financial Services Council, whose members manage $80 billion of New Zealand’s ... More >>

Speech: Neilson - Financial Services Council

Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 7:19 pm | Financial Services Council

Peter Neilson, Chief Executive, Financial Services Council Speech to the Launch of the FSC, the Wellington Club, 88 the Terrace 5.30pm Tuesday 13 March, 2012 More >>

Speech: Shipley - Financial Services Council

Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 7:17 pm | Financial Services Council

Rt Hon Dame Jenny Shipley Independent Chair, Financial Services Council of New Zealand (Fsc) Speech to the Launch of the FSC, the Wellington Club, 88 the Terrace, 5.30pm Tuesday March 13, 2012 More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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