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Kiwisaver: It pays to know what's on offer
Key things to consider when choosing where to save include risks, time to retirement, disclosure and fees.

Property deal one of the biggest: agent
A financier has sold 65 Quay Park apartments and eight shops and offices on Maori land to a developer in a multimillion-dollar deal.

First apartment block since GFC
The ground floor of the first block of Auckland apartments to rise since the global financial crisis is due to be poured on Saturday.

Diana Clement: Taxman lines up king hit on overseas pensions
Hundreds of thousands of Kiwis are up for a tax king hit. And many of them have no idea it's coming.

Mary Holm: DIY not for annuities
Simply withdrawing savings in regular amounts carries the risk that the money might run out before you do.

UK expats told to transfer pensions
British expats in New Zealand have been warned to transfer their pensions to New Zealand soon to avoid losing big chunks of their savings to the taxman.

Financial stress to bite Kiwis this Christmas
Additional Christmas outlay will leave more than half the population feeling financial stress over the holiday period, according to a MasterCard survey.

KiwiSaver: You don't need to work to contribute and get benefits
KiwiSaver is described on the www.kiwisaver.govt.nz website as a "voluntary, work-based savings initiative".

Mary Holm: Borrowing can make a big difference
"I cannot agree with your comparison two weeks ago of the 10-year return on $100,000 for shares versus property."

Dita De Boni: No escaping data collectors
You can take away her smooth, glowing skin, her naivety and her carefree chuckle, but you can never completely remove the little girl from the woman.

What happens if your boss doesn't pay
'I have just found out that my employer has not been paying my KiwiSaver contributions or employer contributions.' Now what? Helen Twose tells you.

Brian Gaynor: Investment funds: What you need to know
The difference between passive, relative and absolute funds...

Diana Clement: Hands-on Super an option for capable investors
Wouldn't you love to manage your own retirement funds? Instead of handing them over to a KiwiSaver provide, you research and buy the assets, which could include individual equities and even rental properties.

Blair Turnbull: Hands-on-approach best for pensions
Six years on, the majority of KiwiSaver members remain in the default conservative funds where they were automatically placed on first joining the scheme, writes Blair Turnbull.

Kiwisaver: Savings tips for returning expats
I read your interesting recent article on the Welcome Home Loan and believe it might apply to our returning daughter