14th January 2019
Today we have some news to share which is both exciting and sad.
Christian Hawkesby, our founding Head of Fixed Income, has resigned, to take up a new role as an Assistant Governor at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
Christian has been an amazing colleague and leader for Harbour as we have grown a successful business, however this is a rare opportunity for him that […]
This month Elevation provide background on the investment in Spotify, an update on their #NZXNOW engagement with the NZX re transparency and the commentary on the value Fund.
A SNAPSHOT OF THE KEY FACTORS DRIVING THE PERFORMANCE OF MARKETS AND YOUR FUNDS LAST MONTH
New Zealand Growth Fund
The New Zealand sharemarket was an island of calm in a storm during December, with flat performance and very low intra-month volatility compared to global stock markets that had very high levels of volatility and fell sharply. Our NZ portfolio returned 1.2% […]
Well Santa didn’t deliver on my Christmas wish.
December was incredibly volatile with markets around the World tumbling. New Zealand was, once again, a strong performer relative to other markets only falling 0.1% for the month. In contrast for much of the World it was a very weak month. The US S&P 500 share market index […]
7th December 2019
Key points
Ethical Investing in Focus
The momentum behind Ethical Investing continued throughout 2018 both here in Australia and globally. As more asset owners demand such an approach from their asset managers, taking account of ESG risks in addition to traditional financial aspects of investments will continue to have an […]
Returns for the Indian Equity Market vs Other Key markets in 2018
It was a year where benchmark indices representing Indian equity markets performed quite well relative to their emerging market and developed market peers. Three regions to fare particularly poorly in 2018 were China, Australia and Emerging Markets (which China dominates). Australian investors […]
December Monthly Update
The end of the bull market or an opportunity to buy?
For those investors that were hoping for a Christmas rally in equities, the gifts found under the tree this year were disappointing. In fact, in a month which is renowned for its positive performance, the US Dow Jones Index recorded its worst December since 1931 […]
Take the long-term view: why have equity markets been weak?
Shane Solly, Jan 7, 2019
Key points
Equity markets have re-traced and become more volatile over the second half of 2018.
History reminds us that those investors who take a long-term view and invest when equity […]
The year that was 2018 and a sneak peek at 2019
As the year draws to close it’s timely to reflect on the year that was and start to muse on the outlook for 2019.
It was a tough year for diversified investors. That’s despite the still solid […]