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Anglican Financial Care Celebrates 50 years
Photo of the Board meeting in Wellington in March 1992 This year, Anglican Financial Care (AFC) celebrates its 50th birthday. The 1972 General Synod of the Anglican Church approved a Church Canon to establish Anglican Financial Care, originally known as...
Christmas message 2021
Dear friends,It is a pleasure to bring greetings to all who are members of Christian KiwiSaver Scheme, the Anglican Church’s clergy Pension Fund, the Retire Fund, and all our friends and supporters. May our infant saviour give you the joy of the...
Investment Returns at 30 September 2021
A mixed quarter as the economies continued to recover around the globe (albeit unevenly). Shares generally performed better than fixed interest investments (in an environment where there was some pressure on interest rates). COVID-19 and vaccine rollout progress continued to make headlines.
Understanding the Income Fund
We continue this series of helping you get to know your KiwiSaver better. Let’s now look at our Income Fund.
Introducing Anglican Financial Care’s new Chief Executive
Anglican Financial Care (AFC) recently appointed Margaret Bearsley as Chief Executive. After being in the role for a month we decided to sit down and have a friendly Q&A with her.
Investment Returns at 30 June 2021
This was another quarter of good returns with shares again putting in solid performances. As economies reopened and combined with positive economic news globally (though it was uneven across regions) many share markets continued to climb higher.
What is ‘investment risk’?
For many investors “risk” is a scary word when it refers to their investments. A couple of sayings in the investment world are “no investment is without risk” and “investors who take on more risk expect to receive a higher level of return over time”. But what is risk in terms of your investments?
Anglican Financial Care welcomes new Chief Executive
Anglican Financial Care (AFC) recently announced the appointment of Margaret Bearsley as Chief Executive. Margaret will be succeeding Mark Wilcox, who has served as Chief Executive at AFC for almost eight years.
Investment Returns at 31 March 2021
The run up in share prices over the quarter reflected increasing optimism with regards to the economic outlook. The 12 month returns cover the period after the significant sell off that occurred in the March 2020 quarter.
Thoughts for this Easter season
I have been invited to contribute some thoughts for the Easter season, on behalf of the Board of Anglican Financial Care. The first thing that came to mind is that our members and customers are a mixed bunch. Some lay, some ordained, some Anglican, some from other...
Investment Outlook for 2021
It is always difficult to predict what is going to happen. Who would have predicted the pandemic, and the variety of responses, in 2020? Returns in 2021 are likely to be just as interesting. Events like the pandemic come and go but returns over the longer term are...
Investment Returns at 31 December 2020
Investment returns (before tax and fees) for the quarter ending 31 December 2020 are: Returns were solid over the quarter despite the growth in virus cases and renewed lockdown announcements. Equities (shares) in particular posted strong...
