It’s been a sluggish start to the year for the US sharemarket. The S&P 500 is up slightly, but it’s well behind the UK, Europe, Japan and emerging markets. It’s also been more volatile of late, having fallen for five of the past eight weeks. It feels like it could be another bumpy year, and…

A longstanding major sponsor of next week’s New Zealand Open, presented by Millbrook Resort, is bringing fun, laughter, a healthy dose of competition and charity fundraising to the world-class golf tournament. Craigs Investment Partners is passionate about creating positive change through sport and returns to the tournament for the third time with new initiative the…

The market reaction to Friday’s Supreme Court decision on tariffs will be in focus this week, while President Trump is also set to deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday. Thursday’s ANZ Business Outlook for February will be the key release here in New Zealand, while a plethora of NZX companies are set…

Craigs Investment Partners (Craigs) has appointed accomplished technology executive Ange Nash as Chief Digital Officer. Nash has worked in technology executive and leadership roles across both public and private sectors, in industries spanning insurance, telecommunications, consulting, solutions delivery, and sport. Nash is the current Chief Information Officer for AA Insurance, where she is part of the team…

Inflation is well down from the multi-decade high of 7.3 per cent that prevailed a few years ago, but it remains stubbornly above that elusive two per cent level. We’re not the only ones grappling with pricing pressures, and there’s a growing chorus of commentators asking whether something more structural is at play. In New…

Key changes  Starting on 1 April 2026, if you’re moving your foreign superannuation funds (including UK pension funds) into a New Zealand superannuation scheme you can choose the ‘Scheme Pays’ option to meet any Inland Revenue tax liability resulting from the foreign superannuation transfer. This allows you to elect for the Scheme to pay tax owed to Inland Revenue directly from the transferred pension funds at the transfer scheme withholding tax rate of 28% (TSWT). Alternatively, you can choose…

Keen amateur golfer Lyn Robertson has won Craigs Investment Partners’ Road to the New Zealand Open competition, securing a coveted opportunity to play inside the ropes at New Zealand’s most prestigious golf tournament later this month. Lyn earned her place in the draw after winning the longest drive competition at the Craigs Christchurch Annual Tournament,…

The local reporting season kicks off this week across the NZX, and we’ll get some useful insights into the state of the economy. These will tell us if the long-awaited recovery is truly upon us, or if it’s another false start like we saw a year ago. Many higher profile economic releases tell us more…

For investors, 2025 will likely be remembered as a year where Donald Trump’s return to the White House kept markets on edge and dominated headlines. Markets were repeatedly jolted by Trump-related announcements, including tariffs (and reciprocal tariffs), political pressure and threats to the Fed’s independence, the passing of the “One Big Beautiful Bill”, the longest…

The first month of the year is behind us and despite what feels like a year’s worth of market drama, the US sharemarket posted another healthy gain. It rose 1.4 per cent in January, a very solid return that was above the 1.1 per cent average for all of the January’s since 1950. That bodes…