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Employment and price stability are now both kings

Notable changes to the objectives for monetary policy and how it is operated were announced by the Minister of Finance, Grant Robertson, on Monday.

Kiwi Wealth’s online KiwiSaver account planning tool, Future You, has received another international accolade. 

Future You®, our online retirement planning tool, is designed to help members of the Kiwi Wealth KiwiSaver Scheme make more informed decisions about their KiwiSaver investment. But there’s more to it than that.

KiwiSaver is designed to be a hassle-free way of saving for your retirement, but are you being given the information you need to make smart decisions about your investment? Here’s why Kiwi Wealth believes members have a right to know exactly what’s happening to their money.

Are you good with money? If so, you’ll know how satisfying it can be to decide what you want to achieve, plan how to get there and then sit back to watch your money grow.

2017 was a great year for global share returns, with the MSCI All Countries Index gaining 24.6% in US dollar terms. Not only were share returns fantastic, but they came with very muted day-to-day or week-to-week swings.

Investing can be stressful. Seeing the value of any investment go down can be unnerving at the best times, but the reality of investing is that’s exactly what happens, with the overall assumption being that – over the long-term – an investment will grow in value.

In the Morning Business Report on Radio NZ, Kiwi Wealth's Senior Economist John Carran talked about recent market volatility and the outlook for global share markets moving forward.

Recent volatility in the investment markets may cause many of us with KiwiSaver accounts to think about what it means for us – and what we can do about it.

Market volatility is normal

First things first – it’s important to remember that it’s normal for markets to go up and down. Whilst it’s concerning for KiwiSaver members when markets fall, it’s all part of the natural cycle that markets go through.