Retirement Commissioner backs linking pension age to lifespan

Retirement Commissioner backs linking pension age to lifespan
By Paul McBeth Oct. 9 (BusinessDesk) - Retirement Commissioner Diane Maxwell wants the government to link the age people can access the national pension to their rising life expectancies in a wide-ranging document on the future of New Zealand superannuation. Offering 16 draft recommendations in the 2013 Review of Retirement Income Policies discussion document, Maxwell says the government needs to nut out policy within the next four years then provide a long period of notice to bed in those changes. “Changes will need to be made with care...