KiwiSaver the favoured investor vehicle, survey shows

KiwiSaver the favoured investor vehicle, survey shows
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth May 7 (BusinessDesk) - KiwiSaver is the country's favourite investment asset class, closely followed by an old-fashioned savings account, although Kiwis still largely see residential property as the way to get ahead.  Kiwi Wealth's inaugural State of the Investor Nation report - based on a survey of 2,101 people - found 69 percent of respondents are currently invested in the government-sponsored KiwiSaver programme, and 62 percent have a savings account. After that, term deposits were the third most popular investment optio...

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