Covid 19 and the KiwiSaver Investor As a newcomer to the industry I am witnessing the first major market downturn in my fledgling three years of investment advisory. I was just a kid in the 80s when [...]
NZ Funds’ Third Covid-19 update highlights the following: Global share markets have fallen 26.3% year-to-date NZ Funds implemented its strategy which is a set of rules and protocols to be [...]
“Global share market share markets have now fallen 23.08% year-to-date. United States shares are down 22.92% while Australia and New Zealand shares are down 19.38% and 12.33%, respectively. [...]
New Zealand The OCR remained unchanged at 1.00% in the latest RBNZ announcement on 12 February on the back of low inflation (1.8% for 2019) and uncertainty surrounding the impact of the coronavirus. [...]
New Zealand Despite low business confidence the NZ economy grew by 2.30% in the year to September 2019, matching the long-term sustainable growth rate and being consistent with an economy experiencing[...]
In Michael Lang’s (Chief Executive NZ Funds) latest KiwiSaver Insight he looks at socially responsible investing and claims that values-based investing is not a fad embraced only by Millennials [...]
New Zealand The RBNZ surprised the market by not reducing the Official Cash Rate. However most economists are still predicting further cuts in the coming year. There was an improvement in business [...]
New Zealand While the CPI rose by 1.70% in the year to September 2019 this was still below the RBNZ’s mid-point target, meaning interest rates could be cut further to offset the slowdown in the [...]
NZ Funds’ latest KiwiSaver Insight written by Chief Executive, Michael Lang, explains the advantages of a life stage asset allocation in light of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and [...]
In today’s low interest rate environment many traditional investors in low risk term deposits are looking at alternatives. Martin Hawes (Authorised Financial Adviser, Author, Columnist and Chair[...]