Financial markets: Calm seas never made a skilled a sailor

I grew up with a knack for numbers. Through my early years I always found maths something that came naturally to me which in turn sent me off on the path to become a Portfolio Manager, as I am today.  This journey was somewhat less traditional than some, but one that provoked an interest in financial markets at each turn.

By David Fyfe, Portfolio Management for the Mint New Zealand SRI Equity Fund

One of the earliest lessons that shaped my understanding of financial concepts came from my grandfather. He inherited a sizable fortune from a family farm in the South Island, worth over ten times the value of my parents' first house at that time. However, without any financial advice and limited financial know-how, ...MORE»

NZ sharemarket takes late dive Friday, June 7th, 6:49PM The New Zealand sharemarket had a late dive, falling nearly 1% as investors took some profit following the recent rally. MORE»

Mindful Money adds two fixed interest funds to ethical list Friday, June 7th, 8:04AM Mindful Money has expanded the number of managed funds it recommends as being ethical, dubbed Mindful Managed Funds, on its website. MORE»

[GRTV] What needs to change with KiwiSaver

Consilium managing director Scott Alman talks to Philip Macalister about changes he would like to see made to KiwiSaver.

Consilium's KiwiWrap KiwiSaver offering has been off to a slow start but its starting to make good headway, Alman says.

He says KiwiWrap is "vastly different" to other schemes and "we always knew it would be a slightly harder road to hoe."

The scheme is a full advice model and advisers can access more than 400 securities, and to build a portfolio.

Currently it has $77 million ...MORE»

Geopolitics aside, investors take long view with buying intentions Thursday, June 6th, 6:29AM Economist Tony Alexander says despite geo-political upheaval and sharp declines in consumer and business sentiment, investors remain focused on the long term. MORE»

Stock picking: deciphering what’s signal and what’s noise Wednesday, June 5th, 4:09PM Investment markets are forward looking. MORE»

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[GRTV] Public aware that ignoring climate change is ignoring investment risk

Just over five years ago Barry Coates was trying to find products for an ethical investment portfolio and gave up after a week. He says with a master’s degree in finance from Yale University, it should’ve been easy but the data wasn’t comparable and there were no objective measures. MORE»

Financial markets: Calm seas never made a skilled a sailor

I grew up with a knack for numbers. Through my early years I always found maths something that came naturally to me which in turn sent me off on the path to become a Portfolio Manager, as I am today.  This journey was somewhat less traditional than some, but one that provoked an interest in financial markets at each turn. MORE»

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[Opinion] Debate on funding cancer drugs good time to spread the word on health insurance

Funding cancer drugs – has there ever been a better time to demonstrate the value of health insurance? MORE»

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Short fixed terms continue popularity

Reserve Bank figures show house buyers are opting for the shortest fixed interest rates for mortgages in the hope they will fall at either the end of this year or early next year. MORE»

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FSC names new CEO

The Financial Services Council has appointed a new chief executive to replace Richard Klipen. MORE»

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KiwiSaver not hot on Kiwi markets

KiwiSaver funds under management increased 7.2% for the first quarter of the year (from $107.5 billion to $115.2 billion) to deliver 18.6% over the previous 12 months, but the value of NZ assets fell for the quarter. MORE»