NZIJ 133 - July 2008
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- Cash Is King - Aon New Zealand Limited, Consultants And Actuaries
As all investors will be very much aware, investing for profit has been extremely tough over recent months. Almost all asset classes (equities, fixed interest, property and currency) have experienced capital losses, with cash being the only consistently strong sector.
- Managed funds performance dilemma - Fritz J De Boer, Cfp | Aquila Financial Advisers Limited
Many investors will have seen comments in various media commentaries about how managed funds fail to beat the Index i.e. they do not add value.
- Steps Toward Sustainability - Dealing With Rubbish - Editor
The following steps are taken from the booklet “25 easy steps towards sustainability” put out by the New Zealand Government.
- Markets Round-up - Axa
Global financial markets were relatively stable in May. Economic data deteriorated further in New Zealand, but global news was in line with expectations.
- Asset allocations - Editor
Where should you allocate your assets in a relative sense, in the current market conditions?
- Saving money on your insurances - David Pine | Nzij Risk Management Ltd
With the cost of petrol soaring through the roof and other living costs rising, now might be a good time to reassess your insurances to make sure you are getting value for money.
- An ethical charter - Editor
Australian Ethical Investments Limited is an Australian investment company that is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Of interest is the ethical charter which it uses as the basis for investment decisions.
- Investment Forecasts And Economists’ Survey - Aon Consulting, Consultants And Actuaries
Figures in blue italics are the results of the January 2008 survey. Participants were asked for their estimate of the annual rate of investment return before tax and expenses for a New Zealand dollar...
- How fast is the move to green building progressing here? - Editor
After attending the World Green Building Congress in London recently, the CEO of the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC), Jane Henley, has written that it gave her perspective into how rapid has been the growth of the NZGBC.
- Australians move to simpler regulatory model - Reprinted By Permission From Financialalert Magazine
Just as New Zealand gets underway emulating Australia’s regulatory system for financial advisers, Australia has decided to simplify its approach, particularly in the area of disclosure.
- A changing world - Perpetual
The first quarter of 2008 signalled a significant shift in investor sentiment, with four years of risk-taking optimism changing to fear, resulting in a dramatic sell of. As a result the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index fell 14.6% over the quarter.
- A focus on risk - Perpetual
Listed property markets around the world fell heavily over the March quarter, with many investors afraid that the US is heading towards a recession, and the cost of debt remaining high globally.
- What’s Your Plan? - Tower
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- US to reform to stabilise financial system - Editor
In a speech likely to comfort to countries whose economies have been disrupted by the troubles in the US, Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke has announced a series of measures aimed at making the US financial system “less vulnerable”.
- Book Review: New Zealand Real Estate Investors’ Secrets
The new edition of New Zealand Real Estate Investors’ Secrets is fully updated and includes new case studies. In it you can learn how 10 New Zealanders became millionaires through investing in property.
- Snippets
UK jobs market slowing. Unemployment (measured by benefit claimants) posted its fourth consecutive rise last month (of 9k), after one and half years of fairly persistent declines. In the three...
- What time it is... anywhere
Now there’s no excuse for waking up friends and relatives in the middle of the night when you call them from a different time zone. Google tells you the local time almost anywhere in the world....
- What's in the air we breathe?
Take a deep breath. You just took in life-sustaining oxygen. But that’s not all. Air is 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, and less than 1 percent carbon dioxide. It also has trace amounts of...
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