cash

Interest rate cuts rolling in

The Reserve Bank is cutting rates to boost the economy, aiming for a 3% OCR by 2025.

budget

NZ Winter 2020 update

Many of our clients have availed themselves of the opportunity of asking us to perform a wider range of duties over recent months – why not discuss with our team the broader range of services and support we offer to help you survive in your business beyond COVID-19 and during this financial year?

agriculture

New Zealand Budget 2020

As expected, the 2020 Budget has been a high spending one with a deficit forecasted to be $29.6 billion in 2021. We break down the expenditure and key initiatives.

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Alliott Group Asia Pacific Regional Conference

Alliott NZ recently attended the Asia Pacific Regional Conference of Alliott Group in Osaka Japan. Find out what we were up to in the region.

budget

NZ Budget 2018

Analysis of this year's major Budget announcements and their likely impact on business, health, transport, the public service and the wider economy. We also take a closer look at wellbeing, which according to the Minister will underpin future Budgets starting from 2019.

employment

NZ productivity

Latest data shows New Zealand’s recent labour productivity performance now fits into the ‘not too bad’ category, rather than the woeful state implied by previous figures. 

consumers

The NZ economy in four charts

The strong global economy is feeding through into solid export prices and volumes in New Zealand. Though some timing issues were likely at play, merchandise exports in December were spectacular.

economy

When managing your investments it’s important to consider the downside

Do you ever listen to the news and find yourself thinking that the world has gone to the dogs? The roll call of depressing headlines seems endless. But look beyond what the media calls 'news' and there also are a lot of things going right.