by Jenny Ruth
"The scheme is such a good scheme, I think it will continue to see growth and new people joining," Park says.
He doesn't expect the changes will prompt many KiwiSavers to take a contributions holiday.
"As more and more people are exposed to it and start to see the benefits and, I guess, see their balances rise, it gives them a lot of confidence."
However, "generally speaking, people that are saving like to have a stable, consistent approach."
The increase in required employee contributions from 2% to 3% of earnings won't affect all ASB's KiwiSaver customers.
"There's a significant chunk of people contributing more than 2% anyway.
From that perspective, some of our customers won't be impacted by the increase."
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