December 2018

New Zeland. What contribution rate should I have in order to retire?

More specific guidance is needed from advisers if clients are to have the income they require in retirement. Let us cut to the chase, KiwiSaver was formed to ensure New Zealanders could self-provision for retirement. Its predecessor, NZ Super, which relies on tax payers funding the generation ahead of them, is failing. One need only reference the Westpac-Massey-Ed Centre’s annual Expenditure Guidelines study to see NZ Super’s current “inflation adjusted” payment level does not meet a “no-frills” lifestyle, or The Treasury’s projection...