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A reader asks Helen Twose: Is buying a first home off a plan and putting a 10% deposit on it considered an estate in land under the KiwiSaver rules?

Ever wanted to learn about the basics of share market investing?

KiwiSaver providers urge savers not to panic after a week of turmoil in world sharemarkets.

Treasury evidence used to cut back on KiwiSaver benefits has been challenged by the finance industry.

When are you Kiwi enough to qualify for KiwiSaver? Helen Twose puts that question to Nigel Jackson, Westpac's head of wealth products.

This is the final post for specialist finance blog Inside Money, writes David Chaplin.

Q: My wife and I are on a medical benefit and applied for a hardship withdrawal from my KiwiSaver. I have to wait another 13 weeks before applying again.

Kiwis are pouring more money into investments which take into account environmental, social and governance factors, including their retirement savings through KiwiSaver.

There are some obvious takeaways from the latest Inland Revenue Department (IRD) annual KiwiSaver statistics.

The rules around KiwiSaver withdrawals are there to ensure the money chipped in by taxpayers is put to good use and ensures Kiwis benefit in retirement.

Is an overseas Kiwi student entitled to the Govt tax credit of $521.43 each year if making a minimum voluntary contribution of $1,042.86?

Michael Cullen, the architect of KiwiSaver, wrote at the time of its launch in 2007 "that KiwiSaver would help us own more of our New Zealand businesses and that it would produce deeper capital....

Milford Asset Management is to increase the hurdle it must meet to earn a performance fee on its Income Fund.

David Chaplin says Crown Financial Institutions have generally been a boon to government books over the last few years.

For two years now, Kiwis moving to Australia and Australians settling in NZ have been able to also relocate their superannuation savings.

KiwiSaver auto-enrolment could capture an extra 220,000 members above benchmark levels, writes David Chaplin.

...and why Labour is swinging at wrong political football, writes David Chaplin.

What happens when an employer unintentionally misses making KiwiSaver deductions or employer contributions?

One reader thinks he's cracked it through by topping up monthly KiwiSaver losses and at lower prices.

Rejection of hardship withdrawal applications and problems with first-home buying generate many complaints to watchdogs, writes Diana Clement.

Share markets around the world have been buffeted of late by the Greek debt crisis and fears of a slow-down in China.