What are the buy or sell spreads?

Buy/Sell spreads

When you buy or sell units in a fund, you may be charged a buy or sell spread. The buy spread is added to the unit price when you buy units, and the sell spread is deducted from the unit price when you sell units. For example: if you invest $10,000 into a fund with a 0.10% buy spread, the buy spread would be added to the price, bringing the starting value of your investment to $9,990.

Buy or sell spreads are intended to cover […]

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How are Smart ETFs buy and sell orders processed?

Smart are listed securities on the NZX. Orders are placed through our broker, Craigs Investment Partners.

All Smart orders are aggregated by the Custodian at 12pm each business day and sent to our broker. Orders are executed on the market later that afternoon. Any orders loaded after this time will be processed the following business day.

Buy and sell requests are not matched – each is placed independently.

Minimum investment amount is $50, when part of a Regular Investment Plan, or $250 for one-off investments.

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Will I receive a tax report?

Following the end of the tax year (31 March) InvestNow will provide an Annual Tax Report which includes your PIE tax summary (taxable income and tax payable), FIF calculations (FDR and CV methods) where required, and a summary of other taxable income including listed PIE dividends and term deposit interest.

Throughout the year you can download an InvestNow Tax Summary Report in order to assist you or your accountant in the preparation of your tax return. Your Multi-Rate PIE investments are not included in the Tax Summary Report as PIE tax […]

By |2026-09-04T10:46:30+12:00March 13th, 2017||Comments Off on Will I receive a tax report?

How does InvestNow make money?

Investment managers pay InvestNow a distribution fee to have their products on our platform – this is our primary source of income.

In addition, InvestNow earns a distribution fee of 0.10% on Term Deposits offered on the platform (this fee does not reduce the interest rate yoru receive when you selected the Term Deposit ie what you see is what your receive, net of tax.

InvestNow also receives the interest on any money held within the Transaction Account, which helps to pay costs associated with offering and operating InvestNow. Transaction Accounts are […]

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At the end of the tax year, if I have a PIE tax obligation, how is it paid?

If you have any outstanding tax liability payable at the end of the tax year, we will pay this to the IRD on your behalf.

Prior to the PIE tax year end, we will send you an e-mail with a provisional calculation of your tax obligation. This will be followed by another email in early April once the final PIE calculations have been completed. You will have the option to make a deposit to cover the PIE tax payable. However, if you do not have sufficient funds available in your Transaction […]

By |2026-08-21T09:01:01+12:00February 6th, 2017||Comments Off on At the end of the tax year, if I have a PIE tax obligation, how is it paid?