Author: Nicole Hoy

This month we lift the lid on shareholder voting. Our aim is to ensure that the companies that you are invested in are well-governed, responsible corporate citizens, and acting in your best interests.

The Booster Wine Group, now the Tahi Fund’s largest investment, is an amalgamation of four prominent New Zealand wine companies spanning the Hawke’s Bay, Nelson, Marlborough, and Central Otago regions. This month we showcase the upgraded facility at the Awatere River Winery in Marlborough.

This issue covers the importance of being invested, through the highs and lows, over the longer term.

This issue covers broadening Booster’s direct investments in attractive, unlisted NZ assets – FleetPartners.

Our theme this month is the inflation taming efforts of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the link between inflation and interest rates.

This issue covers investing in New Zealand Innovation Fund, three exciting recent additions to the fund Opum, Captivate Technology, and TamoRx.

Recent Bank Failures: Looking through the headlines to find perspective.

This issue covers the devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle underscores the importance of geographical diversification.

This issue explains recency bias, a phenomenon whereby investors let short-term performance influence their decisions, and ways to counter this, instead seeing the silver lining in market volatility.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is getting tough on inflation. The relationship between interest rates and inflation and what this means for your investments.

This issue shows the methods used to support returns during periods of market volatility. Using the New Zealand dollar as a ‘shock absorber’.

Responsible Investing at Booster and our backing of two climate-focused investor initiatives – the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC).