Mint Asset Management is an independent investment management business based in Auckland, New Zealand
Mint is focused on a targeted group of investment strategies, managed by a group of highly experienced investment managers. The business is wholly owned by staff and generating investment returns is all that Mint does. Mint’s independence and size enables the firm to be flexible and create solutions specific to investor requirements.
The vision of Mint is to be a successful independent firm specialising in active investment management. Success means adding value for our clients over the long term; which in turn means retaining alpha generation capability through excellent resourcing and conservative capacity thresholds.
Charge of the lite (advice) brigade
Average Australians have been the cannon-fodder of advice regulations, pricing most of them out of the market, a new report suggests. Mint Asset Management head of sales and marketing, David Boyle, argues NZ can avoid the Australian carnage by shoring up the defences for ‘light’ advice...
MORE»It’s inflation Jim but not as we know it
Mint Asset Management’s Head of Investments Anthony Halls takes us down memory lane looking at how inflation has been changing its spots and explains Covid-19 is not the only reason we are in these uncharted interest rate waters.
MORE»KiwiSaver supermarkets – real competition for corner dairy schemes
With two new platform-based schemes due for launch, David Boyle, Mint Asset Management Head of Sales and Marketing, says KiwiSaver will finally enter the supermarket era – giving members the wider range of choice they deserve.
MORE»Generating income in a negative rates world
The hunt for yield is on again, with a vengeance. But how much risk will investors take to get it, and do they really understand what chasing high yield means for their hard-earned savings? Mint chief executive, Rebecca Thomas, explains why eating some capital return is a better option for income-hungry Kiwi investors.
MORE»Mint strengthens SRI rating with UNPRI
Mint is proud to have maintained above market performance during "these unprecedented times", and overall UNPRI rating at A+/A.
MORE»What tune will property play post Covid-19 lockdown?
Listed property was on song in 2019 before losing its mojo this year as the coronavirus struck. But are the real estate blues simply a crisis-triggered reversion to the mean or is something more fundamental at play? Mint Asset Management senior real estate portfolio manager, Carlie Eve, puts property in its place ...
MORE»The risk of finding income in a low-interest-rate world
As global interest rates sink to near zero or below, the search for regular income has become increasingly desperate. But, according to Mint Asset Management’s David Boyle, yield-oriented investors must remember that “certainty” can come at a high cost ...
MORE»The active passive debate continues ...
With active management well ahead on points, says Mint Asset Management.
MORE»Fund update and future outlook
Mint Asset Management portfolio manager Anthony Halls shares his analysis on the present market effects of Covid-19, an update on its individual funds and a look ahead to a post-virus investment world.
MORE»The investment sidecar – why every KiwiSaver member needs one
The benefits of an investment sidecar, running alongside KiwiSaver, for a more secure and flexible financial outlook.
MORE»Climate change and investment
Why carbon emission reporting is important for your client's wallet.
MORE»What have eggs, baskets, advice and the 'missing middle' got in common?
David Boyle shares why diversified funds should be on your supermarket shopping list.
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