How has Sharesies evolved this year?

The three Sharesies CEOs look back at a jam-packed 2024, growing from an investment platform to a comprehensive wealth app, with insurance, Save and PIE Save, and KiwiSaver—plus an array of innovative features. 

Even better, we get a look ahead at 2025, including Spend, a new product backed by Mastercard, and U.S. markets coming to the Sharesies KiwiSaver scheme. And we test the trio’s knowledge of our key numbers for the year (including over 15M total buys, 1.4M sells, and $110M added to KiwiSaver!).

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Shared Lunch is brought to you by Sharesies Limited (NZ) in New Zealand and Sharesies Australia Limited (ABN 94 648 811 830; AFSL 529893) (collectively referred to as ‘Sharesies’). 

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We're thinking positive for 2025!

Brad Olsen & RNZ business journalist Gyles Beckford look at the positives for NZ next year, including emerging signs of economic recovery, positive sentiment, easing mortgage rates, increased household spending, business activity, and potential employment growth. 

Check out the full episode: 'Crypto, Trump & NZX: 2024 in review'

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Shared Lunch is brought to you by Sharesies Limited (NZ) in New Zealand and Sharesies Australia Limited (ABN 94 648 811 830; AFSL 529893) (collectively referred to as ‘Sharesies’). Appearance on Shared Lunch is not an endorsement by Sharesies of the views of the presenters, guests, or the entities they represent. Their views are their own. Shared Lunch is not personal financial advice and provides general information only. Past performance is not an indication of future performance. We recommend talking to a licensed financial adviser. You should review relevant product disclosure documents before deciding to invest. Investing involves risk. You might lose the money you start with. Content is current at the time.

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How do we rate 2024 and what's in store for 2025?

Brad Olsen, Infometrics Principal Economist, and RNZ Business Editor Gyles Beckford dig into global market dynamics and our national outlook as cryptocurrency goes mainstream, tech stocks defy gravity, and Kiwis finally catch a break on interest rates.

Is the current tech boom sustainable? Is crypto really legit now? What’s going on with the NZX?This is the shared lunch big-picture overview of the year that was—and our take on what we should be looking at in the year to come.

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Shared Lunch is brought to you by Sharesies Limited (NZ) in New Zealand and Sharesies Australia Limited (ABN 94 648 811 830; AFSL 529893) (collectively referred to as ‘Sharesies’). Appearance on Shared Lunch is not an endorsement by Sharesies of the views of the presenters, guests, or the entities they represent. Their views are their own. Shared Lunch is not personal financial advice and provides general information only. Past performance is not an indication of future performance. We recommend talking to a licensed financial adviser. You should review relevant product disclosure documents before deciding to invest. Investing involves risk. You might lose the money you start with. Content is current at the time.

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Independent economist Tony Alexander unpacks the potential impacts of the US presidential election on New Zealand's economic landscape. From cryptocurrency trends to trade uncertainties, we explore market dynamics, policy shifts, and economic challenges facing investors in 2025.

This quick bite is from our previous episode 'Will property thrive or just survive in 2025?'

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Shared Lunch is brought to you by Sharesies Limited (NZ) in New Zealand and Sharesies Australia Limited (ABN 94 648 811 830; AFSL 529893) (collectively referred to as ‘Sharesies’). 

Appearance on Shared Lunch is not an endorsement by Sharesies of the views of the presenters, guests, or the entities they represent. Their views are their own. Shared Lunch is not personal financial advice and provides general information only.  Past performance is not an indication of future performance. We recommend talking to a licensed financial adviser. You should review relevant product disclosure documents before deciding to invest. Investing involves risk. You might lose the money you start with. Content is current at the time

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What’s coming for New Zealand’s economy in 2025 and beyond?

While things are easing, Independent Economist Tony Alexander cautions business owners, investors, and homebuyers to look for a slow recovery, not a booming comeback—and those ultra-low pandemic era interest rates are long gone.

Throw in some international trade shake-ups and political drama, and we've got a bumpy ride for a while yet—so when can we expect stability?

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Shared Lunch is brought to you by Sharesies Limited (NZ) in New Zealand and Sharesies Australia Limited (ABN 94 648 811 830; AFSL 529893) (collectively referred to as ‘Sharesies’). 

Appearance on Shared Lunch is not an endorsement by Sharesies of the views of the presenters, guests, or the entities they represent. Their views are their own. Shared Lunch is not personal financial advice and provides general information only.  Past performance is not an indication of future performance. We recommend talking to a licensed financial adviser. You should review relevant product disclosure documents before deciding to invest. Investing involves risk. You might lose the money you start with. Content is current at the time.

 

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In this bonus episode we continue the conversation with Keep the Change host Luke Kemeys, and unpack the last couple of years of economic rollercoasters! Leighton & Luke explore the importance of financial education and building options, how optimism isn't about everything being perfect, but being prepared, plus Luke shares some real experiences from his community. 

This bonus bite is in addition to our previous episode '5 blockers to growing long term wealth'.

For more or to watch on YouTube—check out http://linktr.ee/sharedlunch

Shared Lunch is brought to you by Sharesies Limited (NZ) in New Zealand and Sharesies Australia Limited (ABN 94 648 811 830; AFSL 529893) (collectively referred to as ‘Sharesies’). 

Appearance on Shared Lunch is not an endorsement by Sharesies of the views of the presenters, guests, or the entities they represent. Their views are their own. Shared Lunch is not personal financial advice and provides general information only.  Past performance is not an indication of future performance. We recommend talking to a licensed financial adviser. You should review relevant product disclosure documents before deciding to invest. Investing involves risk. You might lose the money you start with. Content is current at the time.

 

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Are you overthinking your investing? Do you ever find yourself procrastinating, or getting stuck? In this week’s Shared Lunch, accountant and grassroots financial educator Luke Kemeys (Keep the Change) points out five barriers that get in the way of creating wealth.

Whether it’s a lack of goal-setting, waiting endlessly for the “right time”, analysis paralysis, or letting fear get the best of you, Luke busts your every excuse and reminds us that investing isn't about being infallible, but consistency and a long-term mindset.

Hear why and how to start small, stick at it, and keep it simple.

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Shared Lunch is brought to you by Sharesies Limited (NZ) in New Zealand and Sharesies Australia Limited (ABN 94 648 811 830; AFSL 529893) (collectively referred to as ‘Sharesies’). 

Appearance on Shared Lunch is not an endorsement by Sharesies of the views of the presenters, guests, or the entities they represent. Their views are their own. Shared Lunch is not personal financial advice and provides general information only.  Past performance is not an indication of future performance. We recommend talking to a licensed financial adviser. You should review relevant product disclosure documents before deciding to invest. Investing involves risk. You might lose the money you start with. Content is current at the time.

 

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How did NZ become so successful in fibre uptake, outpacing both Australia and the UK, despite geographical challenges? What does this mean for the NZ's connected future? Mark Aue CEO of Chorus speaks about skyrocketing data usage, the future of connected homes and how the country is tackling digital exclusion.

This quick bite is from our previous episode 'How Chorus built our $5.5B world-class fibre network'

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Shared Lunch is brought to you by Sharesies Limited (NZ) in New Zealand and Sharesies Australia Limited (ABN 94 648 811 830; AFSL 529893) (collectively referred to as ‘Sharesies’). 

Appearance on Shared Lunch is not an endorsement by Sharesies of the views of the presenters, guests, or the entities they represent. Their views are their own. Shared Lunch is not personal financial advice and provides general information only.  Past performance is not an indication of future performance. We recommend talking to a licensed financial adviser. You should review relevant product disclosure documents before deciding to invest. Investing involves risk. You might lose the money you start with. Content is current at the time.

 

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Mark Aue, CEO at Chorus, tells us how a Spark spin-off became NZ's largest telecommunications infrastructure company, putting New Zealand 17th globally in fibre uptake—ahead of Australia and the UK.

Chorus has spent $5.5 billion building a national fibre network to become the country’s definitive network operator. But they’re also one of New Zealand's largest property owners, with over 600 exchanges, 200,000 light poles, and 1,200 high sites—potentially a huge revenue opportunity.

Meanwhile, Deloitte projects that their network could pump $33 billion annually into New Zealand's economy by 2033, while the average Kiwi household is now chewing through 600GB of data a month—up from 40GB a decade ago. 

But challenges remain: Mark shares how Chorus is pushing to expand coverage to the last 13% of the population and managing the complex exit from legacy copper networks. Plus, the fight against digital inequality, with one in five New Zealanders still digitally excluded. 

For more or to watch on YouTube—check out http://linktr.ee/sharedlunch

Shared Lunch is brought to you by Sharesies Limited (NZ) in New Zealand and Sharesies Australia Limited (ABN 94 648 811 830; AFSL 529893) (collectively referred to as ‘Sharesies’). 

Appearance on Shared Lunch is not an endorsement by Sharesies of the views of the presenters, guests, or the entities they represent. Their views are their own. Shared Lunch is not personal financial advice and provides general information only.  Past performance is not an indication of future performance. We recommend talking to a licensed financial adviser. You should review relevant product disclosure documents before deciding to invest. Investing involves risk. You might lose the money you start with. Content is current at the time.

 

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Have Neobanks lived up to the hype?

ANZ Group CEO Shayne Elliott gives his take on how banking needs more than just 'flashy apps' and what makes true banking innovation.

Shayne reveals how ANZ is investing in modern tech infrastructure with ANZ Plus, and their vision for AI in banking, from code generation to virtual personal bankers...

This quick bite is from our previous episode 'Is strict lending killing big ideas?'

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Investing involves risk. This episode is brought to you by Sharesies Australia Limited (ABN 94 648 811 830; AFSL 529893) in Australia and Sharesies Limited (NZ) in New Zealand. Information provided is general only and current at the time and does not take into account your circumstances, objectives or needs.

We do not provide recommendations and you should always read the disclosure documents available to the product's issuer before making a financial decision. Our disclosure documents, including a Target Market Determination for Sharesies, can be found on our website. If you require financial advice, you should consider speaking with a qualified financial advisor. The views expressed by individuals are their own and Sharesies does not endorse any of the guests or the views they hold.

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