Forsyth Barr

Could KiwiSaver be more profitable than property?

24 Nov 18, 10:02am

Martin Hawes thinks there are three key reasons property investors should also be in KiwiSaver - and one of them is that the returns can be better
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Where to now for Tower?

2 Aug 17, 1:46pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Jenée Tibshraeny looks at reports from Forsyth Barr and Macquarie analysts to consider what the future holds for Tower in the absence of a takeover by Vero
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Canadian insurer tipped to takeover Tower

9 Feb 17, 11:26am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Tower shares in trading halt ahead of 'announcement'; Reports the insurer has received a take-private proposal from Fairfax Financial Holdings
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Bill English: 'Tower has not sought any assistance from the Govt'

6 Dec 16, 10:02am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Government confirms it has not been approached by Tower as the insurer seeks capital to ring-fence its quake-related business; Forsyth Barr expects Tower to sell 'RunOff Co'
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ForBarr relaunches Kiwisaver scheme

19 Sep 16, 12:00pm

David Hargreaves

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High profile investment adviser Martin Hawes is to front a re-imaging of Forsyth Barr's Kiwisaver product
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Legal dispute puts nearly $50m of Tower's reinsurance at risk

14 Sep 16, 11:47am

Jenée Tibshraeny

5 comments

Tower upsets a reinsurer by allegedly catching it 'off-guard' in its haste to secure desperately needed cash
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EQC continues to lump Tower with new Canterbury quake claims

24 May 16, 1:44pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

Tower receives 155 new Canterbury quake claims from EQC in six months to March; increases quake provisions by $2.9m; widens loss to $8.7m
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Aggressive forward track by RBNZ

19 Mar 14, 4:19pm

Guest

Local economy has considerable momentum and RBNZ had to act to keep inflation near 2%
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Review of KiwiSaver returns to December 31

13 Feb 14, 9:53am

Craig Simpson

7 comments

KiwiSaver returns show equity dominant strategies continuing to outperform; Actively managed bank schemes superior across many categories
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Inflation surprises on the upside

22 Jan 14, 10:22am

Guest

Tightening bias from the RBNZ will see the yield curve flatten over 2014; markets aggressively pricing in OCR rate hike next week
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2014 an interesting year for investors

15 Jan 14, 11:17am

Guest

A healthier budget and economic outlook will see fewer Govt securities offered in Q1
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Interesties awards for 2013

23 Dec 13, 6:00am

Gareth Vaughan

19 comments

The Interesties 2013: Our annual awards are back
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RBNZ to round out the year

11 Dec 13, 8:06am

Guest

Looking back at September's MPS document the RBNZ economic forecasts have come up a bit on the light side
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Bonds and equities both struggle

3 Dec 13, 9:45am

Guest

Over the longer term, bonds still provide excellent returns compared to the much more volatile, lower ranking and regulatory impacted equity market
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OCR, NZ$ and RBNZ

26 Nov 13, 9:02am

Guest

Investors worried about rising interest rates can insulate their portfolios via floating rate notes or resettable securities
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Housing, housing, housing

19 Nov 13, 8:30am

Guest

3 comments

Under the ‘temporary’ LVR restrictions we could see house sales falling by 3% to 8% and house price inflation being lower by between 1% and 4%
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Contrasting economies

12 Nov 13, 8:53am

Guest

RBNZ is implementing alternative tools to avoid raising the OCR due to a growing economy while the RBA remain confused about where theirs is headed
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NZ$, friend or foe?

4 Nov 13, 4:38pm

Guest

RBNZ pointed out that the strength of the NZ$ may provide some flexibility in respect to the timing and size of OCR hikes
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RBNZ to tone it down?

29 Oct 13, 4:25pm

Guest

RBNZ may dial back some of the 'aggressive language' in its next OCR statement as inflation is now within the target range and lenders' (bank) behaviour is changing
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Annual inflation within RBNZ target range

22 Oct 13, 8:42am

Guest

Increase in non-tradable inflation could be concern for RBNZ
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