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Investors offered opportunity for global investment spread and sustainability through NZ’s first Global Sustainability Investment FundKiwiSavers who want to invest long term with companies committed to sustainable activities and practices can now do so through a fund being made available in New Zealand by ASB Group Investments Limited (“ASB”). The new Global Sustainability Fund will …
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Women are erring on the side of caution when investing in KiwiSaver while men appear to be more comfortable with higher levels of risk, according to Fiona Oliver, Chief Operating Officer of BT Funds Management, the developer and manager of the Westpac KiwiSaver Scheme. Press Release Oliver’s comments are based on membership data from the …
Two thirds of owners of mid-sized New Zealand businesses surveyed for the Grant Thornton International Business Report say that fewer than 10% of their employees have signed up for KiwiSaver.In nearly 20% of cases, no staff at all have signed up. And only 6.7% have more than half of their staff on the KiwiSaver scheme. …
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KiwiSaver is all about the long-term prospects. That’s the message being shouted from the rooftops in the face of recent short-term uncertainty.AMP Capital Investors’ Head of Investment Strategy, Dr Leo Krippner, believes rationality is key. “Over the 2007 December quarter, risk was realised rather than rewarded”, said Krippner. “Growth assets generally had a poor performance, …