The investment industry has given the thumbs up to the New Zealand Government's anti tax avoidance measure on contributions to employer superannuation funds....

The savings and investment industry has reacted positively to the New Zealand Gov-ernment’s anti tax avoidance measure on contributions to employer superannuation funds....

With any strategy or transaction undertaken by a financial adviser on behalf of a client, consideration must be given to the anti-avoidance rules of the Income Tax Assess...

The Financial Planners and Insurance Advisers Association (FPIA) has launched a Web site in an attempt to lift the profile of the organisation....

New Zealand’s Labour government has back-tracked on its pre-election promise to introduce an income tax funded superannuation fund in the face of parliamentary op-positio...

New Zealand’s lacklustre superannuation industry has received a much needed shot in the arm from the Labour Government’s new tax regime....

The refund of surplus franking credits is emerging as one of the big issues arising from the Ralph reforms, according to a recent AM Corporation survey....

Financial planners are in the midst of a tax revolution. The revolution means that a tax-effective structure or strategy used by a financial planner or accountant six mon...

The investment industry appears unfazed by the election of a centre/left Government in New Zealand and has adopted a ‘business more or less as usual’ approach to the resu...

New Zealand First’s proposed compulsory superannuation scheme would act “like a big unit trust but with no fees” according to NZ First analyst Roly Metge....

From time to time, the trust deed of a superannuation fund or other trust may be amended. In some circumstances, the changes to the trust deed may result in a new trust b...

Insurance bonds can still be a valuable investment tool and should not be ig-nored by financial planners, according to Mike Newton, director of Sovereign Funds Management...

From time to time, the trust deed of a superannuation fund or other trust may be amended. In some circumstances, the changes to the trust deed may result in a new trust b...

The focus by senior executives on investment options has tended to centre on greater control over their superannuation affairs, long term retirement wealth creation and e...