Newsletter – June 2025

The benefits of adding unlisted investments (investments that aren’t listed on publicly traded exchanges) to your portfolio. When selected appropriately, these investments tend to offer attractive returns relative to the risks involved and help support the growth of NZ businesses.

This month’s theme is the benefits of active management. Active management allows us to manage specific risks, adjust to market conditions, and uncover hidden investment opportunities. Dutch company ASML has been an exciting recent success story.

Responsible Investing at Booster and our backing of two climate-focused investor initiatives – the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC).

This month we check in on the NZ Economy and the role of GDP as an indicator of growth.

This month we unpack diversification. Diversification is a strategy to lower investment risk by spreading money across and within different asset classes, such as shares, bonds and cash. It’s one of the best ways to weather market ups and downs and maintain the potential for growth.

Introducing our new Australian Active manager, DNR Capital, and a taste of their investment philosophy.