The SME Stream

How often should you review your KiwiSaver — and what should you actually be looking at?
In this episode of The Prosperity Project, we talk through what matters when reviewing your KiwiSaver, from your retirement goals and contribution levels to fees, fund types and provider performance.
Financial commentator Russell Hutchinson explains why you shouldn’t just chase last year’s top-performing fund, how to think about active versus passive management, and why performance after fees is what really counts.
Plus, is checking your KiwiSaver balance every week helpful — or just a distraction?
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Labour's staying tight-lipped on whether it would make more cuts to the public service if elected, but assures it's focused on protecting it.
The party's latest election promise sets out to achieve surplus by 2030, and reduce net debt to 20 percent of GDP over time.
It will aim to keep Government spending and revenue at around 33 percent of GDP once its Capital Gains Tax is fully implemented.
Finance and Economy spokesperson Barbara Edmonds joined the Weekend Collective to outline the plan further.
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Most people think building wealth is about earning more. But what you do with your money matters just as much as how much you make.
In this episode I’m sharing my 9 money habits that have shaped how I’ve built my wealth and how I think about money altogether.
I’ve learned that looking wealthy and being wealthy are two very different things. From refusing to spend $20 on a drink while owning a $300,000 G-Wagon, to realising that chasing more money was costing me friendships - these are the lessons I wish I’d learned sooner.
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No regrets from National's Leader, as he backs down on new taxes this election.
It's a sudden switch up from recent weeks with the National party discussing both a bed tax and bank tax as potential prospects.
Christopher Luxon says the party's unable to deliver either without creating cost for New Zealanders.
He told Mike Hosking that he stands by that decision, saying 'no new taxes, no new levies, that's our position going in to the election'.
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Labour's confident stagnant property prices won't hurt its plans to slash debt if re-elected.
The party's seeking to return to surplus by the end of the decade and lower net debt to 20% of GDP over time.
Its plans hinge on a fully implemented Capital Gains Tax.
Labour Leader Chris Hipkins told Mike Hosking that it's not expected the sliding property market will continue.
He says even the current government's budgeting for property prices to return to a long term average growth of around three percent.
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