Fund Manager News

30th May 2019 - Michelle Bowes Insights Editor Global listed real estate is once again adding diversification benefits to balanced portfolios, and at the same time, delivering the underlying bricks and mortar economic returns of the underlying real estate. Here, we explore new and innovative opportunities across the world that we feel are important in building a…

10th June 2019 Investors need to factor in the opportunity and potential disruption of new technology and changing consumer preferences for mobile and fixed broadband communication. Fifth generation mobile networks (5G) provide a transformational shift in the telecommunications landscape. Why is this change so important? It enables new technologies, like driverless cars, mobile medicine, the…

11th June 2019 The Harbour Outlook summarises recent market developments, what we are monitoring closely and our key views on the outlook for fixed interest, credit and equity markets. Key points The prospect of a near-term trade deal between the US and China deteriorated during May as talks broke down, causing bond yields to tumble…

31st May 2019 Market overview The NZ share market rose 1.0% in May and Australia rose 1.7%, despite weak markets overseas. The US market was down -6.4%, Germany -5.0%, France -5.3% and Japan -7.4%. Bond yields dropped substantially, with the US 10 year bond falling to 2.1%, the Australian 10 year bond to 1.5%, and…

The May 2019 Fund Factsheets for the Salt Dividend Appreciation Fund & Salt Enhanced Property Fund are now available: Salt Enhanced Property Fund Factsheet - 31 05 19 Salt Enhanced Property Fund Factsheet - 31 05 19

12th June 2019 Things don't stay the same for long around here. We added the 8 new Smartshares funds last week and Milford yesterday.  Now it's today's announcement. Platinum Asset Management and the Platinum International Fund are now available to Kiwi investors directly through InvestNow - no need for a middleman! Platinum International Fund​ The Platinum International…

11th June 2019 Following closely on from the addition of the 8 new Smartshares funds last week, we are really pleased to announce that Milford Asset Management have joined InvestNow. Milford Diversified Income Fund Initially we are offering the Milford Diversified Income Fund, but knowing how popular Milford funds are with Kiwi investors we are…

6th June 2019 Having teamed up with Blackrock, Smartshares are offering 8 new funds, all of which are available on InvestNow: Smartshares Global Equities ESG Smartshares US Equities ESG Smartshares Europe Equities ESG Smartshares Japan Equities ESG Smartshares Emerging Markets Equities ESG Smartshares Automation and Robotics Smartshares Healthcare Innovation Smartshares Global Aggregate Bond For more information…

28th May "Dad still can’t work out how he got it so cheap. It’s worth almost as much today as when we bought it." Dale Kerrigan, from cult Australian Film, The Castle With the median Melbourne house price down 10% from its peak, many Victorians will be envious of the value held by Darryl Kerrigan’s Strathmore…

31st May - Bevan Graham Managing Director and Chief Economist, AMP Capital New Zealand New Zealand’s fiscal accounts remain healthy by global comparison with the Government bringing down a Budget that attempts to meet the Wellbeing criteria by increasing spending in key social areas while at the same time maintaining rising budget surpluses and falling net debt.…

28th May - Michelle Bowes, Insights Editor Sydney At AMP Capital, we believe inclusion unlocks the power of diverse thought and enables our people to reach their full potential, which is good for our team and drives business performance. So we encourage employees to become aligned to our diversity principles in a number of ways. For instance, by…

28th May - Fiona Manning - CFA, BMathFinSenior ESG Research Analyst Sydney Furthering the trend of social media beginning to face into its social and governance responsibilities, this month saw 17 countries along with a number of tech giants including Facebook, Amazon, Google, YouTube, Microsoft and Twitter sign up to the so-called Christchurch Call. The initiative –…