Newsletter – February 2022

This month we lift the lid on shareholder voting. Our aim is to ensure that the companies that you are invested in are well-governed, responsible corporate citizens, and acting in your best interests.

It’s been an eventful start to the year. Tensions have been rising between Russia and Ukraine and central banks around the world are looking to increase interest rates.

This month we unpack what a tariff is, and some of the ways we manage portfolios during uncertain times like this.

This month our theme is ‘shock absorbers’, the strategies we employ to reduce the effects of market volatility on your investments.

This issue covers the importance of being invested, through the highs and lows, over the longer term.

This month our theme is why things still feel sluggish despite indicators suggesting that the NZ economy is entering the early stages of recovery.