Cooking The Books
Cooking the Books: How to become an investor without losing your soul
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editor: Podcast
- Duración: 0:13:49
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Each week the New Zealand Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking The Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it's how to invest your money ethically. Hosted by Frances Cook.Kiwis have shown over and over again that they’re fans of ethical investing.Take the scandal over KiwiSaver funds accidentally investing into tobacco companies and businesses that produced cluster bombs. While some might have seen this as the price of a good return, most New Zealanders were outraged and demanded a change.Plucky upstart Sharesies, that company that lets you invest in shares for as little as $5, has also found hot demand for ethical options.They opened for business in beta mode, actively looking for feedback from their customers.One of the biggest demands was for ethical funds.All of this is part of a sea-change happening in New Zealand investing right now. While there once was a bit of lip service to ethical options, many in the industry have overhauled their funds to get serious about the issue.Yes, it was partly