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New Zealand Fixed Interest Opportunity – NZ Bond Fund

The NZ Bond Fund provides an attractive investment grade alternative to owning direct bonds or term deposits. The Smartshares NZ Bond ETF invests in New Zealand fixed interest assets, with the objective of outperforming the S&P/NZX A-Grade Corporate Bond Index over rolling 3-year periods. The investment manager for the fund

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Why you need to check your PIR (Prescribed Investor Rate)

Having an incorrect PIR can lead you to either overpaying, or underpaying tax. 120,000 Kiwi’s received a letter from the IRD recently flagging that the wrong tax rate had been applied to their KiwiSaver account. This means many underpaid tax, and received bills accordingly. Unfortunately, it also meant that some

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Introducing Jeremy Simpson

We would like to introduce a new member to our adviser team. Jeremy Simpson has joined us after 8 years working as a Pensions Specialist for a  large New Zealand financial planning firm. Jeremy has extensive expertise in the UK pension transfer market, having spent  4 years working in London

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Peripheral Stock Focus: Oceania Healthcare

MARKET CAP : $659M (@ $1.09 SP) NET TANGIBLE ASSETS (1H 18) :$0.81 PER SHARE ADJUSTED NTA PER SHARE: $1.01 PER SHARE (includes CBRE Ellis Value of existing sites and Work in Progress) EST. DIVIDEND YIELD : 4.5% The main reasons we like the stock are as follows: Relatively good yield (4.5%) for a

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Bonus Bonds: The much more Fun Investment, Yeah Right.

Bonus Bonds hold a truly unique place in New Zealand’s investing landscape, like many new Zealanders, I myself have held them (courtesy of a gift of my parents) when I was a child. A Little History…. Bonus Bonds is actually a unit trust founded in 1970 with a reward scheme

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UK Listed Trusts

The UK Listed trusts’ manage diversified international share portfolios and rely on the managers ability to navigate the global financial markets.  These investments are listed on the London Stock Exchange and are denominated in Sterling. Bankers Investment Trust PLC provides a one-stop shop for global equity exposure. Its legacy was strongly UK-centric

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Fixed Interest Review: Listed Fixed Interest & Term Deposit Rates

With global wholesale interest rates on the move again we thought it would be advantageous for our investors to have a comparison between bank term deposits and the fixed interest investments available on the New Zealand debt market. Below is a list of just a few of the listed fixed

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