ASB Investment Podcast

All the way from the USA, Glen Booraem from Vanguard joins Jonathan Beale and John Smith to chat about investment stewardship—and how Vanguard gives a voice to ASB customers by exercising our voting rights as shareholders.

Jonathan Beale chats to David Griffith and Jason Collins from BlackRock—the world’s largest asset manager—about what’s happening in the markets, how you can build resilience in portfolios and how to react to the rollercoaster ride that is Trump’s Twitter feed.

Jonathan Beale, Mairead Needham and John Smith talk about ASB’s new Positive Impact Fund—a ground-breaking fund with a preference for investments that make a positive impact on society or the environment.

Jonathan Beale and Chris Tennent-Brown chat about the recent official cash rate cuts, and what happens when interest rates go below zero as we’ve seen in Europe. They cover the inverted US yield curve — and give some updates from the frontline of the trade war.

Chris Wilson and Chris Tennent-Brown talk about why we’re seeing interest rates hit an all-time low, while share markets are at a record high. They consider the impact on investors and what we should expect going forward.

In this episode, Jonathan Beale and Chris Tennent-Brown cover the Reserve Bank’s rate cuts, the Government’s new focus in the wake of the CGT being dropped – and Trump’s latest antics.

Jonathan Beale and Chris Tennent-Brown discuss two major issues that have dominated the news, the US-China trade war and the recent tragedy in Christchurch.

ASB's Mairead Needham and John Smith discuss active and passive management, and what effect experiences and different perspectives can have on investment decisions.

ASB's Jonathan Beale, Chris Tennent-Brown and Mairead Needham provide an up-to-date overview of the markets. They discuss what happened in the first quarter of 2019, the effects of low interest rates and the impact of the recent events in Christchurch.

ASB's Jonathan Beale and Chris Tennent-Brown outline the Tax Working Group's recommendations to the government and discuss how these changes could affect ASB investors.

ASB's Jonathan Beale and Chris Tennent-Brown discuss some of the recent events that have impacted the markets and when the right time might be to either react or sit tight.

ASB works with Harbour Asset Management to manage funds invested in Portfolio Series funds. In this podcast, ASB's Chris Wilson talks to Craig Stent from Harbour Asset Management about Australasian Shares.

Devon Funds is one of the investment companies ASB partners with to make investment decisions. ASB's Chris Wilson talks to Nick Dravitzki from Devon Funds about their specialty area, Australasian shares.