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The material wellbeing of older New Zealanders

This report has been prepared in response to a request from the Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income for a summary of what we know…

Financial Knowledge and Behaviour Survey 2013

This report presents the results of the third national survey of financial knowledge levels of adult New Zealanders. The Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income,…

Longevity trends and their implications for the age of eligibility for New Zealand Superannuation

This paper is one of a number of background papers commissioned by the Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income for the 2013 Review of Retirement…

The Case for Financial Literacy: Recognizing Financial Education as a Key Element of Future Retirement Income Policy

The last few decades have seen a dramatic transformation in the arena of retirement security. This transformation is marked by two significant changes: individuals have become…

The Role and Performance of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund invests money, on behalf of the Government, to help pay for the increased cost of universal superannuation entitlements (New Zealand Superannuation)…

The place of KiwiSaver in New Zealand's retirement income framework

This report provides background for the 2013 Review of Retirement Income policy by the Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income (CFLRI) on the role of…

The financial system post the GFC: roles, regulation and responsibilities

For the financial system, the Global Financial Crisis of 2008/9 has been the largest seismic event for at least 70 years. While the crisis is not…

Comparison of the New Zealand and Australian Retirement Income Systems

There are two main differences between the retirement systems of Australia and New Zealand. First, Australia’s age pension is means tested while New Zealand’s is universal.…

Implications of global trends for retirement income policy

This paper aims to provide background information for those conducting the 2013 review of New Zealand’s retirement income and for New Zealanders who wish to participate…

Workforce participation of older workers as an element of New Zealand’s Retirement Income Framework: A Review of Existing Knowledge and Data

As elsewhere, New Zealand faces major challenges in successfully managing the trend known as ‘population ageing’ (Jackson, 2007), illustrated at Figures 1 and 2. Although structurally…