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When you buy a bond, you’re lending money to a bond issuer - usually a government, council or company - for a set period of time (the term). The term is fixed by the issuer and can range between one and 30 years. They’re often known as ‘fixed interest’ investments. Learn more about the different types of bonds and understand their returns, risks and costs here.
The report is a summary of responses received from our survey of licensed financial services firms in September 2020 regarding their readiness for negative interest rates.
Over 1 million New Zealanders have more than $15 billion invested in conservative or default KiwiSaver funds, mostly invested in fixed-interest assets, including bonds. However, only four in ten KiwiSaver members surveyed by the FMA knew that most funds invest in bonds.
The Bonds Guide provides investors with information on how to choose, buy and own bonds.
This report is for FMA-licensed entities and their key stakeholders. It gives feedback on key findings of the FMA’s September 2020 survey on industry readiness for negative interest rates.