A picture paints a thousand words. We all know the saying and its meaning as it relates to people’s quick understanding of any concept or situation based on a single image rather than paragraphs of text, and so that begs the question why don’t we use this to our advantage? How does an adviser show… [Read More…]
Saving KiwiSaver: why contributions matter more than fees
Fees have been in the spotlight recently but Mint head of sales and marketing, David Boyle, explains why we need to dig deeper to understand what is really stopping KiwiSaver members from saving… KiwiSaver fees have hogged the headlines more than ever over the last year, sparked first by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) ‘value… [Read More…]
A Fast, Efficient Solution for KiwiSaver Advice
As the KiwiSaver market increases advisers are searching for quicker, simpler, and more efficient ways of giving advice to adapt to this low fee-paying customer base, while still providing great advice and retaining investors as long-term clients. To do this more advisory businesses are turning to software solutions, the result – less time spent analysing… [Read More…]
TCFD: not just another acronym for a fire department
David Boyle from Mint Asset Management talks about why the work of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is not only important for financial advisers and their clients but also for our future generations. When you google the acronym TCFD it’s amazing how many fire departments come up, including the wonderfully-named Turkey Creek Fire… [Read More…]
Responsible goes retail: why Mint has opened the SRI tin
With a three-year track record as a wholesale offer under its belt, the Mint NZ SRI Equity Fund is now opening to the retail market. Mint portfolio manager, David Fyfe, answers all your responsible questions… You launched the Mint NZ equities socially responsible investment strategy as a wholesale option in 2017. Why did retail… [Read More…]
Jumping lessons: what all investors can learn from GameStop loss
Mint head of sales, David Boyle, explains why the ongoing GameStop experience holds lessons for new-breed investors and the old-school financial industry on handling the highs and lows of markets. Boyle takes it to the bridge… If an online entity called ‘Roaring Kitty’ suggested a bridge-jumping strategy might be just what you need to improve… [Read More…]
What do ‘Kiwi’ experts see for 2021?
After 2020, no one can be blamed for feeling more optimistic about the year ahead. However, 2021 got off to an inauspicious start with the political turbulence surrounding Joe Biden’s certification as the President-elect – with the US Capitol riot leading to Trump’s second impeachment. However, markets continued to shrug off the disturbance from the… [Read More…]
On the industry play-list: four chart-topping regulations for 2021
Mint Asset Management head of sales and marketing, David Boyle, spins some old regulatory classics and new releases due to set the beat for the NZ financial services industry this year… Where were you when the Financial Services Legislation Amendment Act (FSLAA) passed into law? No offence to our hard-working government officials but that’s not… [Read More…]
Charge of the lite (advice) brigade
Average Australians have been the cannon-fodder of advice regulations, pricing most of them out of the market, a new report suggests. Mint Asset Management head of sales and marketing, David Boyle, argues NZ can avoid the Australian carnage by shoring up the defences for ‘light’ advice… After a multi-decade all-out assault on the Australian financial… [Read More…]
Pandemic Baby Boom a Bust
During the early stages of the pandemic, a number of pundits confidently predicted that lockdowns would lead to a baby boom, the rationale being that bored young couples would run out of Netflix shows to watch and spend more time in the bedroom. This was always a dubious piece of logic. People don’t generally make… [Read More…]