As recognised leaders in ESG and responsible investing, we have made significant progress this year with Public Markets ESG initiatives. Most notably, the recent completion of our divestment from all tobacco related stocks, signing the historic Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge at the UN, and achieving A/A+ ratings in our annual reporting and assessment of signatories to the Principles for […]

Nikko AM have announced a change to the manager line up for Global Equity Funds.

Key developments

For much of the year, the main theme has been global bond yields inching higher as US Federal Reserve continues normalising interest rates; while at the same time equity markets also moved steadily higher, supported by solid global growth. However, finally in October equity markets experienced a noticeable and widespread pullback.

A video explaining how the Global Multi Asset Fund works.

November edition of Market Watch, filmed with Chief Economist Bevan Graham.

Bevan talks through what was behind the market wobbles over the past month, and why we just see this as a correction for equities as growth remains strong and earnings outlook is positive.

SEPTEMBER 2018 // GLOBAL MARKET COMMENT

Market Overview

We are pleased to bring you the latest edition of Market Overview, a quarterly commentary on market events from Q3 2018. Key highlights from the quarter were:

• NZ equities made strong gains for the quarter, however gains were limited by a sharp drop in local business confidence and some dovish comments from Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) governor

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