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KiwiSaver

Too little action for too long: AFA

John Cliffe
Tuesday 30th of April 2019

Authorised financial adviser John Cliffe spoke at the Retirement Policy and Research Centre and Public Policy Institute forum last week.

He said a lack of regulatory action had left many people on track to have less in their KiwiSaver accounts than they should at retirement.

Cliffe headed a group of AFAs who wrote an open letter to Financial Markets Authority chief executive Rob Everett, Finance Minister Grant Robertson, Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr and Commerce Minister Kris Faafoi highlighting problems with the KiwiSaver scheme.

He told the forum that the FMA had for too long taken too little action to ensure that default KiwiSaver providers were engaging with those who were automatically enrolled in their funds.

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