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Pain in Spain rains on April

Thu, 03 May 2012

TOWER Investments has released its monthly analysis of investment market performances... “April saw a reversal of the mood of March as investors took some risk off the table,” said Sam Stubbs, Chief Executive Officer of KiwiSaver provider TOWER Investments.   Read more »

Market Movements as at 31 March 2012

Tue, 24 Apr 2012
Market movements as at 31 March 2012.   Read more »

Mixed results for alternatives over March quarter

Tue, 24 Apr 2012
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return Index fell -4.14% in March to end the quarter on a cooler note after its big rally over January and February.   Read more »

“Safety first” ethos threatens owners of older buildings

Tue, 24 Apr 2012
Following the Canterbury earthquakes, the Department of Building and Housing endorsed a building safety evaluation process in the Guidance on Detailed Engineering Evaluation of Earthquake Affected Non...   Read more »

After a strong first quarter, where to next?

Tue, 24 Apr 2012
Developed economy equity markets enjoyed a stellar start to 2012, recording some very strong results for the first quarter. For once, the Japanese market led the charge, the main Nikkei 225 index end...   Read more »

Government bonds rally on optimism

Tue, 24 Apr 2012
Locally, economic news over the March quarter painted a picture of steady but unspectacular recovery. The unemployment rate fell to 6.3% in the last quarter of 2011, but over the same quarter our T...   Read more »

Asset Allocation and Currency April 2012

Tue, 24 Apr 2012
Asset allocation was further tactically fine-tuned away from Strategic Asset Allocation benchmarks for the balanced fund portfolio as per the graphs below.   Read more »

Getting ready for when the party stops

Tue, 24 Apr 2012
The famous saying by William McChesney Martin, Jr., longest serving chairman of the US Federal Reserve, has been repeated in various formulations many times over to describe the unpopular, party-poopi...   Read more »