Martin Hawes provides his succinct thoughts . When a child is born – 16 February 2014 Posted on February 22, 2014 by Martin Hawes and forwarded on by Alec Waugh As a child I remember my father saying that one pound put into a bank account for a new born child and left to compound…
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Important dates for 2014. RPRC Update Vol 6 Issue 4 FINAL.PDF
This United Kingdom research paper adopts the view that population aging tend to exaggerate the trend’s scale, speed, and impact, owing to a fundamental misperception about how populations grow older. Read more at this link.
As some of you may know I have been pre-occupied for the last two months with an illness which turns out not to be curable. See the link to the NZ Herald article I wrote about this below. Now that we know the future, the Kaspanz team are working to make running the website a…
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Focusing on the future. Report to Government now available Read Report Here
A TRIBUTE TO A NEW ZEALAND TREASURE: NEW ZEALAND SUPERANNUATION Two of New Zealand’s eminent commentators Martin Hawes and Michael Littlewood have recently strongly supported the New Zealand Superannuation Model. Littlewood in a 2013 paper said “New Zealand Superannuation (NZS) is one of the simplest, most effective, and most cost effective Tier 1 schemes in…
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WHAT HAS KASPANZ LEARNT SINCE LAUNCH DATE February 2013 1. New Zealand’s population is ageing and longevity is a huge issue 2. New Zealanders over 65 are continuing to work, mostly due to the fact they cannot afford to retire 3. The costs of New Zealand Superannuation over time are exaggerated, and the current model…
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The Kaspanz Website has a had a temporary hiccough due to illness but is now becoming active again
FOCUSING ON THE FUTURE” A DISCUSSION DOCUMENT” Submission by KASPANZ-Kiwi Saver, Annuities and Superannuation Protection Association New Zealand Incorporated * Note page 41, Table 9. To the uninformed reader, this table is comparing like with like. It’s not! The New Zealand calculation in Table 9, should show the after tax projection (the after tax costing…
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About us Financial literacy Retirement income Retirement villages Research & reports News & media Have your say: 2013 Review of Retirement Income Policies You will have heard that we released the 2013 Review of Retirement Income Policies discussion document earlier this month. The Review draws on a mix of background papers, submissions, analysis and other…
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