April 23rd, 2017

A new clutch of managers has signed on with online fund platform, InvestNow, with five Fisher Funds products first off the rank.

InvestNow founder, Anthony Edmonds, said as well as Fisher a queue of other well-known NZ managers including Devon, Nikko, Salt and the NZX-owned SmartShares would soon go live on the platform.

Edmonds said the latest batch of managers would complement the foundation roster of products offered by the likes of Vanguard, Russell Investments, Mint, Harbour and AMP Capital.

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Christian Hawkesby, Executive Director

Head of Fixed Interest and Economics

Harbour Asset Management

Some superstitious investors worry about the chance of a global recession in 2017. They figure that the stockmarket crash in 1987, Asian crisis in 1997 and start of the GFC in 2007 make this the obvious year for troubles in markets.   While it is difficult to find an economist that will forecast a recession, the maturity of the business cycle does warrant some caution.   However, first we need to see more signs of consumer price inflation. So 2019 may […]

Tamsyn Parker – Money Editor for NZ Herald

Friday, 17 March 2017

A new online platform will offer mum and dad investors the chance to access a range of investment funds which normally require hundreds of thousands of dollars as a minimum direct entry.

Investors using the InvestNow platform will only need $1000 to gain access to funds from global fund managers Vanguard and Russell Investments and local fund managers Harbour Asset Management, AMP Capital and Mint Asset Management.

The $1000 can be split across four funds with a minimum of investment of […]

stuff.co.nz

March 6, 2017

KiwiSavers wanting to save more than the minimum needed to get their full employer and government contributions are getting a new option that doesn’t involve locking their money away until they retire.

Low-cost, index-tracking fund provider Simplicity will today start taking registrations of interest for its fund range, which will mirror its KiwiSaver scheme, except that money can be withdrawn at any time.

Simplicity’s launch follows that of Invest Now, an online funds supermarket through which people can start saving alongside of their KiwiSaver.

investmentnews.co.nz

January 15, 2017

Wellington-headquartered Implemented Investment Solutions (IIS) has launched a new online investment platform aimed at the direct market.

IIS managing director, Anthony Edmonds, said the InvestNow service would kick off with a range of products in addition to the Russell Investments funds the firm markets.

“Initially, we were just looking to make it easier for people to access the Russell funds via InvestNow,” Edmonds said. “But we quickly realised the logic of opening up the platform to a wider product range. For example, we already have funds available from […]