New Zealand

North America | 12 Jun 14

New Zealand has signed a unique intergovernmental-agreement (IGA) with the US allowing it to keep low risk accounts exempt from disclosure after the introduction of FATCA next month.

Profiles & Comment | 6 Aug 13

As New Zealand prepares to change the way it taxes so-called "foreign superannuation funds", Stephen Ward, managing director of Premier Pension Solutions, looks at how the new regulations will work

Retirement | 6 Aug 13

A much-talked-about but complex change in the way New Zealand taxes the income and lump-sum payments of foreign pension schemes looms.

Retirement | 9 Jul 13

Representatives for the Maltese and New Zealand governments have signed an agreement to allow the portability between the two countries of Superannuation and Veterans’ pensions.

Retirement | 28 Nov 12

The Evergreen Retirement Trust, a registered New Zealand superannuation scheme which benefits from being classified as a QROPs, has been “temporarily suspended” from HM Revenue & Custom’s list of such qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes, trust director Simon Swallow today confirmed.