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Debt projections demand Super rethink

4 February 2010

Winston Churchill said that he had sometimes had to eat his words and found it a wholesome diet. Prime Minister John Key needs to follow the great man's example with respect to his pledge to resign rather than tamper with the entitlement parameters of New Zealand Superannuation.

NZ sitting on superannuation timebomb: Treasury

30 October 2009

The Treasury has issued a "choose your poison" challenge to the Government, warning that if serious consideration is not given to pegging the costs of superannuation other public services will suffer.

Don't make us play it safe, says fund

6 March 2009

Messing with the investment psyche of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund by throwing money at risk-free assets such as cash or bonds will doom the fund to failure, warns its chief executive Adrian Orr.

Social and ethical attitudes crucial

14 January 2008

During recent years, investors have increasingly considered environmental, social, and broad governance issues in their investment decisions, over and above a narrow focus on financial return.