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Absolute return funds will have a place in KiwiSaver portfolios.

As the KiwiSaver infrastructure matures the range of offerings available to KiwiSaver investors will grow, and will eventually include absolute return and alternative investment products such as hedge funds.
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Fri, Jul 6th 2007 08:00AM

Plans to commercialise Bondwatch

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AIA appoints market retention manager

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Employers' KiwiSaver obligations clarified

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Rates fall, but its not the turning point

In the past week a number of home loan lenders have been dropping some of their fixed term rates however this shouldn't be seen as an ongoing trend.

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Rates fall, but its not the turning point

Confidence could be hit by collapse

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's says the receivership of finance company Bridgecorp has the potential to affect market confidence.

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KiwiSaver a 3-4.5 billion dollar tax cut by any other name

Government will pump an estimated $3 to 4.5 billion a year into KiwiSaver members' accounts, which is effectively a tax cut reserved only for those who can afford to take it up.
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KiwiSaver a 3-4.5 billion dollar tax cut by any other name

Reaction to Bridgecorp collapse

St Laurence says it has no involvement, Common collapse questions, Ranking system questioned.

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Liontamer appoints new finance head

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Hanover calls for international credit ratings

Hanover Group says all financial services companies owed it to their investors to confirm they were operating to the highest financial and prudential standards, as evidenced by an international credit rating.

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Hanover calls for international credit ratings

KiwiSaver technical change to be made

The government will remedy a technical problem in the KiwiSaver legislation to ensure the smooth introduction of the new member tax credit, Finance Minister Michael Cullen and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
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KiwiSaver in breach of human rights, employment law

KiwiSaver starting today discriminates against people aged 65 and over, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says.
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KiwiSaver in breach of human rights, employment law

News Round Up

Don't rush KiwiSaver investment decisions, Tower switches raters, Local manager's new hedge fund, and all the latest finance company news.

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Goldridge Mintz a new chairman

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Deposit rates news briefs

Bridgecorp in default talks. Strategic's share offer closed and oversubscribed, PropertyfinanceSecurites to offer high yield retail bond fund, Geneva Finance gets extra $20 million in funding, Equitable and Allied Nationwide relaunch. Comment: Pricing risk or buying market share.

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KiwiSaver information readily available from Inland Revenue

All the information employers and individuals need about KiwiSaver is readily available, says Inland Revenue Deputy Commissioner Colin MacDonald.
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KiwiSaver information readily available from Inland Revenue

Weekly Wrap: Next week looking big

The biggest story of the moment isn’t what happened this week, but what’s happening next week.

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High public interest in KiwiSaver

As we rapidly approach 1 July, opening date for KiwiSaver, it has become clear that there has been a surge in public interest, said Vance Arkinstall, CEO, Investment Savings & Insurance Association.
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