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Our founder, Rupert, sat down with Darcy from the NZ Everyday Investor to chat about socially responsible investing. And more specifically, how we at kōura ensure we always invest in things that we (and you!) can be proud of.

kōura has brought on the country’s largest insurance and mortgage adviser network as its new majority shareholder to launch a “facilitated” digital advice product targeting those who do not think about their KiwiSaver.

This week Rupert and Darcy are joined by Tom from Investing with Tom. They chat all about Finance TLA's (three-letter acronyms), breaking some of them down, and discussing what they mean.

The global economy is growing at its fastest rate since the 1960's and markets are trying to decide whether the economy is overheating which might lead to inflation and an end to the free money era, or whether we're just in a transitory period.

We’ve separated the maestros from munters in our definitive guide of NZ’s best podcasts covering money matters.

In this week's episode, Rupert and Darcy discuss the topic everyone's getting tired of but no one can stop talking about - inflation. Particularly RBNZ's recent announcement that they might raise the OCR, and what that means for Kiwi's who have big mortgages that are coming up for re-fixing.

The problem with the traditional KiwiSaver model is that it’s inflexible and doesn’t take your own personal financial timeline and risk appetite into account. Let’s look at some examples of how this model can impact your long-term financial goals...

In this week's episode, Rupert and Darcy discuss the tensions between mainstream, traditional investing, and cryptocurrency. Is adding cryptocurrency to your investment portfolio actually investing, or is it gambling?

Rupert and Darcy discuss the recent shakeup in KiwiSaver default providers, why providers can't advertise their returns from the last 12 months, and the responsibility KiwiSaver schemes have (or don't) to ensure their fees are reflective of the value they provide