Managing Funds

Over the past few weeks I have been asked by clients and prospective clients if they should be buying United States dollars.

Over the past few weeks, I have attended three peer group sessions concerning registration and authorisation of financial advisers.

India is very much in the news at the moment due to the problems it has had meeting deadlines for Commonwealth Games facilities in Delhi.

Greetings from Paris. I am having a brief look at several other economies and financial advisers outside New Zealand.

Liontamer has launched a fund taking advantage of the interest in gold.

There has been comment in the media lately about banning commissions on financial transactions following an Australian example where legislation is to be introduced in 2012 to make all payments to financial advisers fee only.

In this column in October 2003, I suggested that too many people approaching retirement were being far too dependent on releasing equity in their homes to meet their retirement income needs.

The securing of $42.5 million in funding by Dunedin investment company Rural Portfolio Investments was being viewed positively by analysts.

Welcome to 2009, the Chinese Year of the Ox.