Prime Minister John Key has dismissed comments from Standard & Poor's analyst Kyran Curry that changes to KiwiSaver will increase national debt levels.

Standard and Poor's has reviewed AMP's credit ratings following the AXA acquisition.

National mortgage advisory group Mortgage Link has announced two new advisers have joined existing businesses in Otago and in the Wairarapa.

KiwiSaver is the third most popular investment class in the country, with 12% of New Zealanders believing it offers the best rate of return, according to the latest ASB Investor Confidence Survey.

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OnePath has announced it has achieved two KiwiSaver milestones with over 400,000 members enrolled in its four KiwiSaver schemes and $2 billion in funds under management.

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Former Fisher Funds chief investment officer Warren Couillault has joined forces with the Spencer Family Group to launch new fund management company Richmond Investment Management.

Fisher Funds and Mike Pero Mortgages have announced an agreement for Mike Pero to distribute Fisher Funds KiwiSaver scheme.

Most companies in the life insurance industry showed less new business in the March quarter compared with December and the Investment Savings and Insurance Association (ISI) blames the continuing impact of the weak economy.

The Investment Savings and Insurance Association (ISI) says that while some changes to KiwiSaver are probably unavoidable given the current economic difficulties the country faces, now is the time to introduce changes that will provide certainty and ensure the long term sustainability of KiwiSaver, and that this will require cross-Party support given saving for retirement will cover more than the terms of ten Governments.

KiwiSaver members should be able to use their accumulated funds to repay student loans, helping young people to start saving faster and cutting the amount of debt carried by the country as a whole, said Milton Jennings, chief executive of Fidelity Life.