Financial Tips & Guides
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Many workers were asked to take a pay cut for part of last year, and after taking one for the team, can’t be blamed for looking to get a piece of the good times too. The rebound means there are new opportunities around for interesting Read More …
”As a bachelor, I feel like I have got a lot more money than when I had a girlfriend,” says Neville, a freelance film and TV industry professional. “I spent a lot of money on going out for dinners and going on road trips,” he Read More …
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Jane Wrightson, Retirement Commissioner and the head of the Commission for Financial Capability – the Government’s money education arm – said the strategy would bring together commercial entities, the non-profit sector, iwi and the government to work together.
Cabinet in December 2019 made an “in-principle” decision for the cap to sit at $50,000, but following public consultation during 2020, decided to increase this limit. Once implemented by mid-2023, the scheme will see registered banks and licensed deposit-takers like building societies, credit unions and Read More …
Jane Wrightson, Retirement Commissioner and the head of the Commission for Financial Capability – the Government’s money education arm – said the strategy would bring together commercial entities, the non-profit sector, iwi and the government to work together.
Kiwibank economist Mary Jo Vergara says the fall in spending as tracked by the bank is the first time since the lockdown last year ended. Some people may have seen “the bottom of their lockdown savings”. “The resilience of household spending has surprised us, and Read More …
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Sorted Women has been launched by the Government’s money education arm, the Commission for Financial Capability, in time for International Women’s Day today. Jane Wrightson, head of CFFC and the Retirement Commissioner, said Covid-19 had thrown into stark relief the need for a money course Read More …
Money laundering is providing some of the biggest hits, according to latest police data in the period to mid-February. Since 2010, $994.3 million has been restrained under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 (CPRA) with $327.3 million of that tally forfeited to Treasury for use Read More …
African-born Hendrik Wentzel, an engineer with Ballance Agri-Nutrients, says his parents Jannie and Nicolette Wentzel enable him and his healthcare worker wife Sunel to make their contribution to the economy of their adopted home. Wentzel, born in Nambia, moved to New Zealand in 2007 from Read More …
As New Zealand prepares to move from level 4 to level 3 and beyond of lockdown some Kiwis are facing financial upheaval in ways never dreamed of. ASB has some ideas to help you understand, enhance and protect your financial wellbeing as much as possible.