DAVID CHAPLIN: Why NZ Super Fund is under fire (and who’s responsible)
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David Chaplin: DAVID CHAPLIN: Why NZ Super Fund is under fire (and who’s responsible)

How many global problems can the $45 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund solve?Never enough is the answer.

David Chaplin 17 Jun 2020
DAVID CHAPLIN: Shining a torch on the dark art of KiwiSaver performance forecasts
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David Chaplin: DAVID CHAPLIN: Shining a torch on the dark art of KiwiSaver performance forecasts

Like cigarettes and painkillers, all retail investment products must carry a standard health warning.Somewhere in every KiwiSaver or other investment product disclosure statement, fund update or ad you will find words to the effect of ‘past performance is not indicative of future...

David Chaplin 10 Jun 2020
DAVID CHAPLIN: Robo-advice: the future or forgettable?
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David Chaplin: DAVID CHAPLIN: Robo-advice: the future or forgettable?

Remember the robots? "They’re programmed to help us."But, to date, the small community of New Zealand robo-advisers have been doing the digital equivalent of thumb-twiddling despite the concept achieving semi-legal status in 2018.For reasons that never seemed totally convincing a...

David Chaplin 27 May 2020
DAVID CHAPLIN: Done too much, much too young - KiwiSaver's teen angst
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David Chaplin: DAVID CHAPLIN: Done too much, much too young - KiwiSaver's teen angst

The luck had to run out some time. And in 2020, at the appropriate age of 13, the charmed run has ended for KiwiSaver.

David Chaplin 20 May 2020