Article tagged with 'financial literacy'
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Booster Foundation takes off
29 Oct 2024 - The Booster Foundation inks five partnerships in first year.
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Bridging the protection gap - insurers need to work harder
08 Nov 2021 - More than two-thirds of New Zealand households are underinsured, especially in terms of life insurance cover, but the burning question is how do insurers bridge the protection gap?
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FSC launches financial wellbeing hub
03 Nov 2021 - The Financial Services Council (FSC) has today launched its new ‘Money and You’ online hub to help Kiwis build their financial wellbeing.
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Competency standards - to move forward, start at the finish
29 Oct 2021 - Professional competency is a career-long journey and if financial advisers can't cope with minimum standards, then it's probably not the path they should be taking.
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Life cover - the hard sell for Kiwi insurers
23 Sep 2021 - It's no secret that New Zealanders are often underinsured when it comes to life insurance but a recent Swiss Re report into the nation's mortality protection gap shows the gap is widening.
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Experts ponder compulsory KiwiSaver
22 Sep 2021 - The number may be daunting - more than $1 million for a couple to retire comfortably - but many Kiwis won't have anything close to that in their KiwiSaver accounts by retirement age.
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How much more life insurance needs to be sold
21 Sep 2021 - Swiss Re calculates how more life insurance needs to be sold to bridge the underinsurance gap - and the number is huge.
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Partners Life adds to Banqer High literacy programme
07 Sep 2021 - High school students now have access to a new life and health insurance tool provided by Partners Life to help improve financial literacy.
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Cryptocurrency; Advisers wary but must evolve
21 Jul 2021 - Financial advisers are still wary of cryptocurrency investments but adviser experts are saying they are coming to grips with the evolving investment opportunity.
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Confidence up but wealth gap grows
14 Jul 2021 - New Zealanders’ perceptions of wealth, investment and material well-being has seen a major rebound since June 2020 with a significant reduction in the number of Kiwis struggling to make ends meet.