Minister of
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Hundreds of thousands
of New Zealanders will be significantly better off in
retirement following changes to the default KiwiSaver
scheme, Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Commerce and
Consumer Affairs Minister David Clark said today.
The
new default provider arrangements, which will take effect
once the terms of the current providers ends on 30 November
2021, mean those joining the scheme at 18 could have an
extra $143,000 at retirement through lower fees and higher
investment returns.
Around 381,000 members are
currently in the default fund they were automatically
allocated to when they started a new job, because they did