Bill coming to allow transfer of pension assets from Australia to NZ

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NEW ZEALAND - Legislation allowing new Zealanders working in Australia to move their retirement savings back to their home country will be introduced into Parliament in the next two weeks, said minister of finance Bill English.

The legislation is part of an agreement between the two countries that will allows the repatriation of assets, and more broadly, part of an effort to create a single economic market consisting of A...

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