Salt Funds ManagementDec 9, 20211 minWinner and FinalistWe are delighted to have been recognised in the 2021 Research IP awards as Boutique Fund Manager of the Year. This is a great endorsement...
Salt Funds ManagementOct 17, 202110 minESG investing: Passing fad or agent for change?Investment in companies with high environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) standards is gathering pace.
Salt Funds ManagementOct 14, 20214 minInvestors eye carbon creditsOliver Lewis Senior Journalist: BusinessDesk Mon, 11 Oct 2021 Retail investors are becoming increasingly interested in carbon funds, a...
Sonya FynmoreSep 12, 20212 minRIAA names Salt as Responsible Investment LeaderThe Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) recently released its annual benchmark report for New Zealand based on 47...
Bevan Graham, EconomistAug 16, 20216 minInflation and its structural forcesThe big debate of 2021 has been the extent to which recently higher inflation would prove transitory...
Bevan Graham, EconomistJun 8, 20216 minStimulus galore, but can the labour market deliver?By Bevan Graham The New Zealand economy is recovering well. Activity indicators continue to surprise on the upside, the unemployment rate...
Salt Funds ManagementMar 29, 20213 minMarket close: Energy stocks help sharemarket to small gainThe leading energy stocks Contact and Meridian powered into life to provide the New Zealand sharemarket with a small gain, though the...
Bevan Graham, EconomistMar 7, 20212 minSalt economist warns on inflation shake-outBevan Graham has flagged inflation concerns in his first formal analysis penned as economist for new employer, Salt Funds Management.
Salt Funds ManagementFeb 25, 20212 minNZ sharemarket tipped into correction territoryA double-digit decline in a2 Milk's first half net profit helped tip the sharemarket into correction territory
Matthew Goodson, MD.Feb 18, 20215 minNZ Equities Suit Active Not Passive InvestingNZ Equities Suit Active Not Passive Investing. 2020 was a white-knuckle ride for NZ equity investors.
Salt Funds ManagementFeb 2, 20216 minReading the Tea Leaves For 2021 Margin Call: Will the market sweet spot endure in 2021? By Matthew Goodson Wed, 13 Jan 2021 Markets ended 2020 against a backdrop of...
Salt Funds ManagementJan 21, 20212 minPresident Joe Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential InaugurationBy: Graham Skellern Wall Street pushed to new record highs on the day new United States president Joe Biden was inaugurated – and the New...
Salt Funds ManagementJan 17, 20213 minNew Salt suite to spice up fund mixSalt Funds Management has established a new range of products that will see the Auckland-based boutique branch out into global asset...
Salt Funds ManagementJan 13, 20213 minKiwisaver funds looking healthy? It's the ETF effectBy: Jamie Gray Business reporter, NZ Herald If you are wondering why your Kiwisaver account is looking healthy, there's a good chance...
Salt Funds ManagementDec 1, 20205 minIs A Housing Bubble A “First-Class Problem”?Some of the more interesting comments I have read in recent times were made by the RBNZ Governor, Adrian Orr a few days ago. "The fact...
Salt Funds ManagementOct 19, 20202 minElection 2020: The financial markets give their verdict on Labour's landslide winFinancial markets have taken Labour's landslide win in their stride. By midday the New Zealand dollar was trading at US66.13c, up a touch f
Salt Funds ManagementSep 29, 20205 minNegative Interest Rates – Eight Questions WhyLast week marked a milestone in NZ financial history, with three year government bond yields dipping into negative territory.
Salt Funds ManagementAug 10, 20205 minEerie Echoes Of Bubbles PastA fascinating aspect of equity markets is that a bubble seems to form every 10 or so years due to a loss of generational investor memory reg
Salt Funds ManagementJun 25, 20202 minInvestors chasing yield push the sharemarket higherThe S&P/NZX 50 Index advanced 126.83 points, or 1.1 percent, to 11,259.41. Within the index, 28 stocks rose, 18 fell, and four were unchange
Salt Funds ManagementJun 18, 20205 minShock & Orr Propelling NZ Equities Higher We have seen the OCR target slashed to 0.25% and aggressive Quantitative Easing (QE) employed to control interest rates across the curve.
Salt Funds ManagementJun 16, 20202 minNZ shares fall as new virus cases appear in China New Zealand shares fell as a spate of new covid-19 cases in China spoiled investor sentiment across Asia. Casino operator SkyCity Entertain
Salt Funds ManagementJun 3, 20204 minBargain or long shot? The sharemarket has never been harder to readCatherine Harris12:40, Jun 03 2020 ANALYSIS: Is the sharemarket getting ahead of reality? It's a question for Kiwi investors as optimism...
Salt Funds ManagementMay 26, 20203 minChina's lack of growth targets weighs NZ market downNew Zealand shares fell as China didn't set a target for gross domestic product growth, spurring concern about the global economic recovery.
Salt Funds ManagementApr 22, 20205 minCould “Helicopter” Money Make Sense?As the ancient curse goes, “may you live in interesting times”. These interesting times of Covid-19 have given NZ and many other economies a