InvestNow News 3rd August – Nikko AM – 2018 Annual Scheme Report – July 2018
Here is a link to the 2018 annual scheme report for the Nikko AM NZ Investment Scheme.
Here is a link to the 2018 annual scheme report for the Nikko AM NZ Investment Scheme.

Once some things are ruled as unlikely, then it should help narrow down by what is left as implying what we think will happen. Discover our scorecard for the first half of 2018 and our anti-forecasts for what we think won’t happen over the next 6 months.
23rd July 2018
The AMP Capital Responsible Investing Update provides quarterly fund commentary and performance for our Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) Funds. It also provides an update on key responsible investment engagement themes.
For the latest insights, read the Responsible Investing Update for the second quarter of 2018.

Morphic Asset Management took at a look at the recent FIFA Football World Cup, to see what lessons that sporting event offered to investors..

Morphic Half Year Report – Jan to Jun 2018
The July 2018 half yearly report reviews what happened in Morphic’s stock holdings and the market during the last six months and provides their outlook for the rest of the year.
They finish with their “anti-predictions”, these being the things that they think will not happen.
In their July newsletter, Fisher Funds cover:
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23rd July 2018
Bevan Graham, NZ Chief Economist AMP Capital, and Greg Fleming, Head of Investment Strategy AMP Capital, provide their latest economic and strategy views.
“A relatively stable global growth outlook belies an underlying divergence in prospects, especially among the key developed economies. Following a period of synchronised upward momentum through 2017, mid-way through 2018 it is only the United States with continued momentum.
After a typically weak start to the year, US GDP growth appears
to be bouncing back […]
If some of you were wondering why you’ve been receiving an e-mail suggesting you put your cash to work, here is the explanation.
Many customers ask if the Transaction Account is interest bearing, which it is not (refer to the FAQ here). However, what the FAQ also covers is our commitment to remind you when you have cash sitting in your Transaction Account that really isn’t working hard for you at all. We like to call this Lazy Cash.
This month we kicked off our new Lazy Cash alerts service.
If […]
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The recent political crisis in Italy has come and gone, but trade wars appear here to stay. U.S. growth leadership will fade in our view as Europe and Japan improve. China is resilient and the U.S. dollar rally is running out of steam.
Trade-war tightrope
The dual headwinds of Italian political volatility and escalating trade-war fears have not stopped equity markets from staging a choppy rebound from their March 2018 lows. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield has found stiff resistance to moving above […]