Investing for Impact: Growing wealth while creating meaningful change
Impact investing has accelerated rapidly in recent years, supported by growing interest in directing capital toward projects that deliver measurable social and environmental benefits alongside financial returns.
By Greg Smith, Generate Investment Specialist
For KiwiSaver members, this prompts a bigger question: can you genuinely invest responsibly without sacrificing long-term performance? Increasingly, the evidence suggests you can. Many active managers, including Generate, are backing a diverse range of impact-focussed companies, from global leaders to homegrown innovators whose ideas...MORE»
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New Zealand Equity Monthly October 2024
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The Technology Everyone Got Right (but it didn’t necessarily make them rich)Monday, December 8th, 9:24AM
Most pundits are comparing the today’s AI boom to the Dot-Com/Telecoms bubble of the late 1990’s. It is a tempting analogy, it had hype, over-investment and soaring expectations, but it wasn’t a technology that rewired the entire economy. MORE» |
Should you care about Aged Care?Wednesday, December 3rd, 11:11AM
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Investors eye local recoveryWednesday, November 12th, 7:49AM
In its latest Investment Outlook Harbour Asset Management discusses reaction to the mega-cap tech stocks recent announcements along with how it is positioning its portfolios at the moment. MORE» |
The Great Yield Reset: Why Income Is Back in Focus on the NZXSaturday, November 8th, 8:16AM
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Paying advisers for KiwiSaver advice
Amova (nee Nikko) has rolled out a new remuneration option for advisers offering KiwiSaver advice. MORE»
Super alone won’t cut it in retirement
New expenditure guidelines show how much New Zealanders need in their KiwiSaver to retire comfortably. MORE»
Morningstar to look under the hood of KiwiSaver funds
Morningstar plans to expand its coverage and research of KiwiSaver funds in New Zealand. MORE»
KiwiSaver turns 18 with $123 billion under management, but 30% aren't contributing
FMA chief executive Samantha Barrass unveiled the KiwiSaver Annual Report 2025 at the FSC Conference. MORE»
Consilium reports increased demand for KiwiWRAP
Consilium says it has seen a surge in advisers using its KiwiWRAP KiwiSaver scheme along with an increasing interest in personalised KiwiSaver advice from high-balance investors. MORE»
Lots of $2 billion milestones
Three companies have celebrated $2 billion milestones recently. MORE»
Sharesies KiwiSaver set to break even as funds soar
Sharesies’ KiwiSaver scheme should tip over into break-even and profitability in the current financial year, says the company’s KiwiSaver general manager Matt Macpherson. MORE»
Investors make dramatic shift to riskier KiwiSaver funds: FMA
The Financial Markets Authority says there has been a."dramatic" shift of KiwiSaver funds to riskier assets and one fund manager says that's a good thing. MORE»
