AIA: The business of risk
A lingering gap in the protection of business owners has recently been filled, as part of a larger plan to bring much-needed simplicity to insurance in New Zealand. Darrin Franks, AIA New Zealand's Head of Distribution and Marketing, explains.
A great Kiwi strength is our entrepreneurial spirit. We spend time working for ‘the man', building our know-how and experience, and one day we think, ‘I could do this myself. Take my dream, start a business, employ some help. I don't want an empire, I just want to work for myself and get a lifestyle out of it.'
This attitude is so common that SMEs in New Zealand employing five or fewer people now number nearly 300,000, constituting 87% of all New Zealand businesses and representing immeasurable worth to the national economy...MORE»
Q&A: Sam Stubbs on the 'New Normal'Friday, August 20th, 12:44PM
In the interview below, TOWER Investments CEO Sam Stubbs discusses how people need to "look through" present concerns about the stability of global economic recovery and start planning now for the type of chastened economic climate they are likely to be living in when normal conditions resume. MORE» |
Q&A: Sam Stubbs talks KiwiSaver TrendsMonday, May 10th, 9:17AM
Insights on where the KiwiSaver market is headed. In this interview, TOWER Investments CEO Sam Stubbs discusses trends emerging in the KiwiSaver market. An expert on the managed funds industry, Sam has recently been appointed to the government's advisory International Fund Services Development Group chaired by Craig Stobo. MORE» |
ING Life Major Medical Cover: Why you should recommend it to your clie
In this article ING Life explains its major medical and why advisers should recommend it to their clients.
MORE»Having Super Choice
Peter Dine, Head of Business Development, Aegis, talks about a new way to invest in superannuation.
MORE»Q&A: TOWER Parallel Portfolios
TOWER Investments has introduced the concept of "TOWER Parallel Portfolios" to describe the ways in which its KiwiSaver scheme - TOWER KiwiPlan - and personal superannuation scheme - TOWER LifeSaver - can be mixed 'n' matched to suit the needs of individual investors.
MORE»EMERGE Series 2: New capital protected emerging markets fund
Liontamer's latest capital protected fund provides an exposure to over 20 countries that are preparing to become major players on the world's economic stage, including China, India, Brazil, Russia, Mexico and South Africa*. To help manage the risk inherent in these rapidly growing, but sometimes volatile, markets EMERGE Series 2 has two key elements: 100% capital protection at maturity and a new Smart-Exposure feature.
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The rational bubble
Investment in a real asset such as shares (which entitle the owner to all future cashflow generated by a brand or asset), property (representing a scarce and physical asset) or commodities (representing an economic input into the factors of production) is far more likely to preserve investors' capital than holding any form of IOU (be it bank deposit, foreign currency or government bond) when the monetarisation of the world's current debt stock pile begins.
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