Minimum KiwiSaver contributions rise from today for employees and employers. That’s necessary, but the scheme’s design is working against many savers.
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Changes to fundamental World Trade Organization rules are being driven by the US and EU. This week’s meeting in Cameroon could see developing nations lose out.
The cumulative return on a typical KiwiSaver growth fund since 2007 is around 240%. That’s despite a global financial crisis, COVID, trade wars and inflation.
One survey showed employees are 57% less likely than leaders to believe performance management is working well. But there are better ways.
Tokenisation works by converting real assets into tradeable digital tokens. But New Zealand’s regulatory uncertainty risks investment billions migrating offshore.
Under Donald Trump, the US is fundamentally remaking the rules of the global trade system, provoking an existential crisis in the WTO.
Small businesses in Australia and New Zealand navigate sanctions through loopholes and grey zones. But they run big risks if they get it wrong, deliberately or not.
New Zealand has been in a ‘stagflationary spiral’ for years. Pulling out of that takes time, but signs of recovery are real.
The NZ Super Fund is the world’s top performing sovereign wealth fund. Increasing government contributions would be the best way to tackle a looming pension crisis.
Christopher Luxon has hyped Amazon Web Service’ data centre plans as a chance for NZ to emulate Singapore and Ireland. Politics and geography make this unlikely.
The leaky homes crisis showed the risk of relying on paper trails to track building records. Digital approval and inspection records are the answer.
A proposed new law won’t require online casinos to pay back a share of profits to community organisations, with potentially dire consequences.
Their democratic structure and wide networks mean agricultural cooperatives can speed the uptake of innovative and sustainable farming practices.
A study shows president-elect Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on Chinese, Mexican and Canadian imports will be a case of economic snakes and ladders for New Zealand. But bigger threats still loom.
Compared to countries we might benchmark against, New Zealand ranks poorly for inequality and the redistributive measures that would fix it. But other countries have shown it is possible to change.
As AI and automation transform the workplace, a universal basic income is one possible solution. But research is beginning to show the unpredictable outcomes of such unconditional cash transfers.
Starting a business or being self-employed is touted as a way for women to attain better work-life balance. But new research suggests this is not always a realistic goal.
Four Australian banks dominate the banking sector in New Zealand. There has long been concern about whether consumers are getting the best deal, and yet 54% have never changed banks.
Advances in technology mean employers can keep tabs on workers long after the workday has finished. New Zealand needs to follow global examples and strengthen workers rights beyond the workplace.
Post-COVID, many companies are offering perks to entice workers back into the office. But research found 78% of workers valued what was outside the office window above all else.
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Professor of Finance, Auckland University of Technology
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University
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Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Nottingham
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Senior lecturer, Department of Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Research Fellow, New Zealand Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology
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Research Associate, Auckland University of Technology
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Emeritus Professor in Business, University of Otago
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Professor of Economics, Auckland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Lecturer in Occupational Health and Safety, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching and Pedagogy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau