2012

Dollar cost averaging through the roller coaster ride in the markets

Tue, 08 May 2012

Over the past year financial markets have been on one of their wildest roller coaster rides ever recorded. While the news media has portrayed this as a white knuckle ride, for the long term investor ... Read more »

Changes to KiwiSaver

Tue, 08 May 2012

Some changes have already taken place, and others are planned, for KiwiSaver under certain law amendments and announcements made by the government in relation to the May 2011 Budget. Read more »

Portrait of a TOWER KiwiSaver Scheme Fund

Tue, 08 May 2012

The TOWER KiwiSaver Scheme Growth Fund is one of the more aggressive investment options within the TOWER KiwiSaver Scheme range. Holding a substantial allocation to growth assets (NZ and Internationa... Read more »

KiwiSaver membership exceeds 1.9 million New Zealanders

Fri, 20 Apr 2012

Default KiwiSaver provider TOWER Investments has released its regular monthly analysis of the IRD’s KiwiSaver membership statistics for the month of March, 2012. “Total KiwiSaver membership broke t... Read more »

KiwiSaver membership converges on 1.9 million New Zealanders

Fri, 09 Mar 2012

“Total KiwiSaver membership edged up to being slightly under four thousand members short of the 1.9 million mark in February 2012,” said Sam Stubbs, Chief Executive Officer of default KiwiSaver provid... Read more »

Muted growth for KiwiSaver membership in the New Year

Fri, 10 Feb 2012

Default KiwiSaver provider TOWER Investments has released its regular monthly analysis of the IRD’s KiwiSaver membership statistics for the month of January, 2012. Read more »

Dwindling KiwiSaver membership growth intensifies competitive pressures on scheme providers

Tue, 17 Jan 2012

“KiwiSaver membership growth trends weakened overall across 2011 and were mostly down on the key statistics for 2010, even though last year ended with just over 1.86 million New Zealanders signed up t... Read more »