Ayesha Scott

Guest writer

Ayesha Scott is an adjunct senior lecturer at AUT Business School, Auckland University of Technology, and senior lecturer in finance and financial planning at Griffith University.

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Financial forms of family violence affect one in seven of us – but the law is lagging

There are calls for New Zealand’s Family Violence Act to name economic harm as a standalone type of violence.

By Ayesha Scott | 21st November, 2024

A recent survey found two in five pre-retirees don’t feel prepared at all financially for retirement (Image: Tina Tiller)

A $400-a-week shortfall: Why people in their 40s are facing a retirement squeeze

Many of those in the middle of their earning years are set for a bleak retirement on KiwiSaver’s current trajectory.

By Ayesha Scott | 4th July, 2022