The Ethics of Investing in Social Media
With social media, freedom of speech is no longer limited to those who have control over traditional media – everyone can be heard globally, for better or worse.
Help your children to help themselves
Could your adult children benefit from some timely retirement savings advice?
Modern slavery in supply chains
How ethical investors avoid companies that exploit workers.
The facts behind your fire & general insurance claims
Insurance in the headlines but take a closer look…
Top Tips For Not Letting The Silly Season Result In A Sullen New Year – From enable.me Financial Adviser Katie Wesney
The silly season is almost upon us and it’s a time when many of us start to get anxious about the amount of organising we need to do before the holidays and the not-insignificant matter of how we are going to pay for everything. enable.ne Financial Adviser, Katie Wesney provides a few of her top […]
It’s Cool To Kōrero – Financial Advisor Hannah McQueen on Why it’s So Important to Drop the Taboo and Talk About Money in Relationships
In the dating game, the closest you usually come to discussing finances is working out who will pick up the bill for the date. Fair enough – it’s not exactly a sexy topic! But there’s a case to be made for adding finances to the list of tricky subjects to navigate with a prospective partner […]
Who looks After Your Interests?
The role of “supervisors” in New Zealand Have you ever wondered who’s looking after your interests as an investor when you put your money into a Kiwisaver scheme or a managed fund? The good news is that in most cases there will be a corporate trustee company appointed as a “supervisor”, whose role is to […]
“More Money Is Not The Answer To Your Money Woes” – Financial Advisor Hannah McQueen
We’re all familiar with the daydream. The one where you hit the jackpot with this week’s lotto numbers and all your financial worries disappear. No need for a budget advisor – because the budget just got supersized! But when the daydream is over, here’s the reality. More money, even a significant windfall, is not the […]
Marie Kondo Your Money – How Sorting Your Finances Can Spark Joy
“Does it spark joy?” is the question declutterers everywhere have been asking themselves as they ransack their closets and clear out their junk corners. Marie Kondo’s hugely popular, super-simple method of deciding what to toss and what to keep is very effective – and also quite cathartic. But it struck me, as I “Kondoed” my […]
Little Can Be Huge – Small Savings Tips To Make A Big Difference From enable.me’s Financial Advisers
As a kid, you will probably have been taught about the beauty and the beast that is compounding interest. With saving, you earn interest on your interest, so it compounds over time which is a beautiful thing. When you borrow, if you’re not paying the loan down, you’ll start paying interest on the interest, which […]
