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ASB Investment Podcast

A show that brings you the latest market updates and insights to help you make smart investment decisions.

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13
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Sep 8, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 8, 2026

    NZ's economic turning point: Recovery, compulsory KiwiSaver, and finding growth beyond property (opens the original)

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    Nigel Grant is joined by Liam Dann, Business Editor-at-Large at the New Zealand Herald, to discuss whether New Zealand's economic recovery is finally taking hold. Liam explores the uneven nature of the recovery, why some businesses remain cautious, and the reforms he believes could boost long-term growth, including compulsory KiwiSaver and higher contribution rates. He also shares his views on AI, productivity, migration, and why he remains optimistic about New Zealand's future.

  2. Episode · Sep 1, 2026

    The Great Wealth Transfer: What it means for investors and families (opens the original)

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    Nigel Grant is joined by Chantal Giles, BlackRock’s APAC Head of Strategic Clients and Business Development, and Jason Collins, Head of Australasia at BlackRock, to unpack the Great Wealth Transfer and what it could mean for investors and families. They explore why longer lifespans could make this less about simply passing wealth between generations and more about moving it across life stages and asset classes, the growing role of women as wealth creators and financial decision-makers, and why f

  3. Episode · Aug 25, 2026

    New Zealand isn't saving enough. Here's what happens next (opens the original)

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    Nigel Grant is joined by Kirk Hope, Chief Executive of the Financial Services Council ( FSC ), to unpack the FSC’s Prosperity Agenda and its vision for strengthening New Zealand’s financial future. Kirk breaks down why the FSC wants KiwiSaver contributions to gradually rise to 12%, the case for automatically enrolling New Zealanders at birth, and how a larger pool of national savings could give individuals, businesses and the country more choices over time. They also explore the role of insuranc

  4. Episode · Aug 18, 2026

    Why productivity matters: working smarter, reinvesting the gains and growing NZ's pie (opens the original)

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    Nigel is joined by Ben Speedy, ASB's Executive General Manager of Business Banking, to unpack why productivity matters for every New Zealander, not just economists. Ben breaks down how New Zealand's productive output compares to other economies, why an ageing population makes the productivity challenge more urgent, and why we need to think about the opportunity cost and the impact on NZ's growth if we don't balance capital flows to both housing and productive businesses. He also shares how AI ad

  5. Episode · Aug 4, 2026

    The biases quietly costing you money, and the five-minute fix (opens the original)

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    Nigel Grant is joined by returning guest Gertjan Verdickt, Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Auckland, to unpack the behavioural biases quietly shaping how we invest. From why we chase yesterday's best-performing stocks to why investors sell their winners and hold onto their losers, Gertjan breaks down salience, overconfidence, selection neglect and loss aversion, and shares the simple habit that could help investors see their own decisions more clearly.

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