1. Make sure that your legal documents are in place and up to date Seek legal advice as early as you can about the implications of the diagnosis on your asset ownership structures. Ensure that wills are made, and also … Read More
Our investment clients know that we have been saying for at least 18 months that we are due for a market correction, and it appears that we currently have it happening. A market correction is not necessarily a bad thing! … Read More
15 July 2015 For the year to 30 June 2015, the Chinese share market has risen 150% However, in the last four weeks, the Chinese share markets have fallen 30%. $3 trillion US dollars in value has been wiped off … Read More
On Sunday (06/07/2015), the Greek people took to the polls to vote in a controversial referendum asking if they were happy to go with the terms of extended financing to their Government from the European leaders, or not. The answer … Read More
The Reserve Bank Deputy Governor, Grant Spencer, made some strong statements in the media Wednesday 15 April about wanting the Government to introduce a capital gains tax on property investments. The media is continually full of stories about the housing … Read More
International oil prices halved during 2014 There has been a lot of talk in the press in the last few months about the falling price of oil. International oil prices have halved during 2014, from a high of US $105 … Read More
This is a conversation that has come up for me a few times in the last few months with people, and it has really gotten me thinking. Everyone leaves a legacy, whether they intend to or not, but what kind … Read More
From 1 July 2013, New Zealanders will be able to transfer their Australian superannuation funds back to New Zealand and into registered Kiwisaver schemes. Similarly, New Zealanders living in Australia will be able to transfer NZ superannuation and Kiwisavers over … Read More
This is a term that we have not used for quite some time, but it is one that we are going to start to use again shortly, with regards to the listed property investment asset class. An investment bubble is … Read More
As at June 2012, the average weekly wage for a person in employment was $806 a week, or $41,912 per annum (source: www.stats.org.nz). If you are aged 25 and you had just been successful in getting a job at the … Read More