Grant Davies talks to Sunday Business with Andrew Patterson and the NBR's Duncan Bridgeman. This week Grant talks about the Brexit decision and how that will impact the local market, as well as discussing the impending takeover of Nuplex and the first full year result for new listing Tegel. Grant Davies Investment Advisor Phone: 03 353 0795 Send an Email View Bio

Hamilton Hindin Greene is committed to servicing our clients no matter where they are situated. With that in mind, Grant Davies and Tom McBride have been hitting the road to visit clients on the West Coast, South Canterbury and beyond. Although much of our business can be conducted via email or over the phone, we understand that there is no substitute for meeting in person, which is why Grant & Tom head to the regions on a regular basis. If you...

Many of Hamilton Hindin Greene’s clients would consider themselves to be conservative investors. These are investors who are happy to take on some risk (in order to beat bank deposit rates, for example), but on the whole are not inclined to take too much risk. Most retirees would fall towards the conservative end of the risk spectrum. However, many who have not sort advice regarding asset allocation will have portfolios that are anything but conservative. Portfolios that have included exposure to...

The Bankers Investment Trust PLC The Bankers Investment Trust PLC is a listed fund that provides investors with exposure to global equities. This is achieved by the current manager, Alex Crooke of the Henderson Group, through his ability to select stocks and set asset allocation. Historically around two thirds of performance has been derived from stock selection and one third from asset allocation. There is some risk of getting asset allocation calls wrong, but because the portfolio is highly diverse...

Credit Rating: BBB- Investment Grade First Call Date: Oct 8 2017 Gross Yield if Called: 8.65%p.a. Rabobank is a brand well known to most New Zealanders. The Dutch banking cooperative has developed a presence in New Zealand, particularly in the rural sector. The relative safety of Rabobank is why we are happy to hold some of their resettable securities in our fixed interest portfolios. Although they are complex securities, the relative safety of Rabobank, and the potential return over the...

Sky Network Television’s proposed acquisition of Vodafone New Zealand is an admission that structural pressures on its pay-TV model are too great for the firm to handle solo. It has instead opted to go down the convergence path and acquire a telecom entity: one that is the leading mobile operator but in a country that Vodafone’s parent appears to view as a mature, marginal market. The acquisition multiple of 7.1 times Vodafone NZ’s fiscal 2017 EBITDA is reasonable, especially as...

On the 23rd of June 2016, Britain will vote on whether to stay within the European Union (EU). What does it all mean? What does it mean for Europe, the UK and the World? What does it mean for your portfolio? Firstly, what is “Brexit”? What is it? Brexit is an abbreviation of "British exit" that mirrors the term Grexit. It refers to the possibility that Britain will withdraw from the European Union. The country will hold an in-out referendum...

Market Talk - NBR's Jason Wells & Andrew Patterson with HHG's Jeremy Sullivan

Tom McBride of Hamilton Hindin Greene and NBR news editor Duncan Bridgeman look at the week on the markets including their take on Air New Zealand, Steel & Tube, Tegel and The NZ Superannuation Fund’s sell down of Z Energy.

The UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a new pension tracing website to help savers track down lost or forgotten retirement pots. The DWP estimates that around £400m of unclaimed pension savings are waiting to be claimed. Users will need the name of an employer or provider to access the service, which will then search a database of 320,000 pension scheme administrators and come up with contact details for people to use. The department believes that recent reforms...