Share and share alike

Share and share alike
The financial revolution will be digitised. (Image: Getty)
Paul McBeth
The entry of cut-price online investment platform Sharesies into New Zealand’s financial services market certainly shook things up. Coming out of the 2017 Kiwibank-sponsored Fintech accelerator, the plan to democratise investing had a snappy slogan and coincided with a global push for the likes of Robinhood to undercut traditional broking services and replace the very expensive networks of brokers and advisers. The unusual boom in activity through the 2020 pandemic lockdowns, when people were stuck for things to do, didn’t...

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