Barbara Edmonds

There's 'almost no incentive for individuals to have money locked up until they're 65' in NZ, KiwiSaver provider says

There's 'almost no incentive for individuals to have money locked up until they're 65' in NZ, KiwiSaver provider says

While NZ gives a lot of thought to putting money into our retirement income system, we don’t help people when it comes to taking it out, expert panel says

While NZ gives a lot of thought to putting money into our retirement income system, we don’t help people when it comes to taking it out, expert panel says

Labour won’t increase superannuation age, finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds says, but there’s other retirement and KiwiSaver settings that can be looked at

Labour won’t increase superannuation age, finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds says, but there’s other retirement and KiwiSaver settings that can be looked at

‘Game on!’: Economists get more than they expect from the Reserve Bank as it makes a 'bold' move projecting the Official Cash Rate to go as low as 2.5%

‘Game on!’: Economists get more than they expect from the Reserve Bank as it makes a 'bold' move projecting the Official Cash Rate to go as low as 2.5%

Raising taxes will be a hard-sell for Chris Hipkins if all the additional revenue is pledged to funding pay equity

Raising taxes will be a hard-sell for Chris Hipkins if all the additional revenue is pledged to funding pay equity

Statistics NZ's Selected Price Indexes show that food prices rose 1.2% in June and the annual increase was the highest since December 2023; rent prices, however, had their lowest annual increase since 2011; CPI to be announced on Monday

Statistics NZ's Selected Price Indexes show that food prices rose 1.2% in June and the annual increase was the highest since December 2023; rent prices, however, had their lowest annual increase since 2011; CPI to be announced on Monday

Prepare for another election cycle full of fiscal holes and creative cost estimates after the Act and New Zealand First parties vetoed Nicola Willis’ policy costing unit proposal

Prepare for another election cycle full of fiscal holes and creative cost estimates after the Act and New Zealand First parties vetoed Nicola Willis’ policy costing unit proposal

Labour’s leadership is sending mixed messages about how closely it will follow the fiscal rules the party established during its last term in office

Labour’s leadership is sending mixed messages about how closely it will follow the fiscal rules the party established during its last term in office

Chris Trotter says a political party caught speaking out of both sides on its mouth on key issues will soon find itself in big trouble

Chris Trotter says a political party caught speaking out of both sides on its mouth on key issues will soon find itself in big trouble

Finance Minister Nicola Willis sees 'a lot of ways' to support Kiwibank's NZ identity after bank's CEO says it doesn't make sense at this stage to rule out offshore capital

Finance Minister Nicola Willis sees 'a lot of ways' to support Kiwibank's NZ identity after bank's CEO says it doesn't make sense at this stage to rule out offshore capital

CEO 'very comfortable' Westpac NZ's not making 'inappropriate profits' from money customers 'inadvertently leave in the wrong account'

CEO 'very comfortable' Westpac NZ's not making 'inappropriate profits' from money customers 'inadvertently leave in the wrong account'

ANZ’s Antonia Watson and BNZ’s Dan Huggins reappear at banking competition inquiry, face scrutiny over capital requirements

ANZ’s Antonia Watson and BNZ’s Dan Huggins reappear at banking competition inquiry, face scrutiny over capital requirements

The chief executives of the four big banks will be asked to reappear before Parliament’s inquiry for focused 90-minute hearings

The chief executives of the four big banks will be asked to reappear before Parliament’s inquiry for focused 90-minute hearings

Stuart Smith, chairman of Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Committee, dropped in favour of National Party insider Cameron Brewer

Stuart Smith, chairman of Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Committee, dropped in favour of National Party insider Cameron Brewer

Budget 2025 will focus more on economic development and not just annual spending decisions, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says

Budget 2025 will focus more on economic development and not just annual spending decisions, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says