This article was published on 14 November 2019. Some information may be out of date.

Why are people not in KiwiSaver?

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Emails and texts from listeners:

  • No income of her own
  • Self employed
  • Employer talked worker out of it
  • Worries about investment
  • Fees
  • Ethical investing
  • Too little money
  • Too old
  • Control of investments
  • Don’t trust govt
  • Lack of govt guarantee

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Mary Holm is a freelance journalist, a director of Financial Services Complaints Ltd (FSCL), a seminar presenter and a bestselling author on personal finance. From 2011 to 2019 she was a founding director of the Financial Markets Authority. Her opinions are personal, and do not reflect the position of any organisation in which she holds office. Mary’s advice is of a general nature, and she is not responsible for any loss that any reader may suffer from following it.