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Set the funds free: InvestNow founder opens up on direct dream
InvestNow founder opens up Anthony Edmonds is a fund guy. With a professional lineage tracing back to Southpac in the early 1990s, and AMP Capital Investors for more than a decade, Edmonds has spent his entire career in the industry. Along the way he has racked up a hard-won knowledge of the inner-workings of a…

Stuff.co.nz – Living a money life online, and the pitfalls to avoid
Stuff.co.nz Rob Stock - 17th May 2017 Zane Doran and his wife Kylie, at the beach, where they could open a bank account, switch KiwiSaver fund, set up a trust, or just go for a swim. Zane Doran needed a family trust, so he set one up online. It took him 10 minutes, maybe 15. Doran…
Money for Young Kiwis – My chat with Anthony from InvestNow
Ryan Johnson - Money for Young Kiwis May 13, 2017 This week I’ve got a chat with Anthony Edmonds, Managing Director of InvestNow. InvestNow is a brand new investing platform based in New Zealand. The main big deal about InvestNow is that it gives you direct accessto buy into Vanguard funds (among others). This is…
Customer Advisory – Harbour Asset Management – Retail Income Fund
12th May 2017 Harbour Asset Management have advised us of a change to the structure of the Harbour Income Fund - effective Monday 19th June 2017. For full details, please refer to the letter and Statement of Investment Policy & Objectives (SIPO) below: Letter - Amendments to the Retail Income Fund May 17 PIPs Retail…
Fisher Funds confirms InvestNow spot as manager list set for rapid growth
2nd May 2017 Innovative NZ-owned online direct-to-consumer funds platform, InvestNow, has signed on another high-profile local manager, bringing further diversity to its rapidly-expanding product range. Under the just-inked agreement, InvestNow clients will be able to access a suite of five Fisher Funds products, covering a number of different asset classes and risk levels. Anthony Edmonds,…
Harbour Asset Management opens direct investment channel with InvestNow
19th April 2017 Harbour Asset Management has partnered with online investment platform InvestNow to offer all their retail funds to direct investors. Andrew Bascand, Managing Director at Harbour Asset Management, said InvestNow offered the firm an ideal digital solution for self-directed investors looking to access its funds. Bascand said some investors were increasingly demanding the…

Investmentnews.co.nz – Wave of new managers to hit direct fund platform
April 23rd, 2017 A new clutch of managers has signed on with online fund platform, InvestNow, with five Fisher Funds products first off the rank. InvestNow founder, Anthony Edmonds, said as well as Fisher a queue of other well-known NZ managers including Devon, Nikko, Salt and the NZX-owned SmartShares would soon go live on the…

Harbour Asset Management – Beware a 2019 recession
Christian Hawkesby, Executive Director Head of Fixed Interest and Economics Harbour Asset Management Some superstitious investors worry about the chance of a global recession in 2017. They figure that the stockmarket crash in 1987, Asian crisis in 1997 and start of the GFC in 2007 make this the obvious year for troubles in markets. While…
NZ Herald – Small investors get access to big funds
Tamsyn Parker - Money Editor for NZ Herald Friday, 17 March 2017 A new online platform will offer mum and dad investors the chance to access a range of investment funds which normally require hundreds of thousands of dollars as a minimum direct entry. Investors using the InvestNow platform will only need $1000 to gain access…
Stuff.co.nz – First KiwiSaver ‘sidecar’ scheme to launch
stuff.co.nz March 6, 2017 KiwiSavers wanting to save more than the minimum needed to get their full employer and government contributions are getting a new option that doesn't involve locking their money away until they retire. Low-cost, index-tracking fund provider Simplicity will today start taking registrations of interest for its fund range, which will mirror…
Investmentnews.co.nz – Direct NZ fund platform now live
investmentnews.co.nz January 15, 2017 Wellington-headquartered Implemented Investment Solutions (IIS) has launched a new online investment platform aimed at the direct market. IIS managing director, Anthony Edmonds, said the InvestNow service would kick off with a range of products in addition to the Russell Investments funds the firm markets. “Initially, we were just looking to make…

