Ben Taylor Forsyth Barr Investment Adviser

14/10/2025

Great to support our talented athletes - great work Rocco for next season and hopefully the Olympics!

🏆 Breakthrough Athlete of the Year sponsored by Forsyth Barr | Rocco Jamieson

29/06/2025

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Winter Crop Competition and to Rotary Wanaka for putting the event on. We were proud to support the event by supplying auction items and by going along on the night. This outstanding event brought together the rural community in support of a great cause — raising over $50,000 for Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter Trust and the Tarras, Luggate and Hawea fire brigades. A huge thank you to all the sponsors, organisers, and competitors for your dedication and generosity. A truly excellent evening celebrating the best of our region. 👏

27/06/2025

Great to be able to support this local film festival with some amazing adventures and inspiring stories (thanks Beth Rodden!) for our local community. Well done to Mark Sedon and Jo Sedon all the team at the NZ Mountain Film Festival for putting on another very successful event.

Wānaka recently hosted five days of awe-inspiring, action-packed events celebrating the 23rd year of the NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival. Forsyth Barr Central Otago was proud to sponsor Session Four, which featured guest speaker Beth Rodden—widely regarded as one of the greatest rock climbers of all time. Beth shared her powerful story from Kyrgyzstan, as featured in her book A Light Through the Cracks https://www.bethrodden.com/.

The evening also included the NZ premieres of Trango, La Rubia, Third Order Island, and A Team Sport—films showcasing human resilience, elite athleticism, and extraordinary adventure. A night celebrating the edge of human potential.

It's not too late to catch more: the Festival continues today in Queenstown (26–27 June).

Download the programme here: https://ow.ly/sV4i50WgvgP

26/06/2024

Great to be able to support KahuYouth Upper Clutha with what promises to be a fantastic night

Forsyth Barr steps into the spotlight as the event’s naming sponsor. Established in 1936, Forsyth Barr is a fully staff and NZ-owned NZX firm providing a full range of investment and wealth management services. Forsyth Barr opened its Wānaka office post the acquisition of Aspiring Wealth Management in 2020 and is proud to contribute in meaningful ways to the communities they serve.

Expressing enthusiasm for the partnership with Kāhu Youth Trust, Ben Taylor, Phil Burke, Adam Edgar and Sam Turner from Forsyth Barr Wānaka highlight the synergy between their values and the mission of Kāhu Youth Trust. Together, they envision a future where the youth of Upper Clutha thrive, embodying the spirit of community resilience and achievement.

https://www.forsythbarr.co.nz/contact/wanaka

02/10/2023

Looking forward to this great event that we are helping to present in March.

The Wanaka App features local news, sport, information, events, and much more. It's all about the Wanaka community and its surrounds. Now you can get all the information you need in one place, whenever and wherever you are, all on your smart phone.

05/04/2023

Our Forsyth Barr Investor Day 2023 is underway. Throughout the day CEO’s from leading companies Infratil (Jason Boyes), Oceania Healthcare (Brent Pattison), Vulcan Steel (Rhys Jones) and Mainfreight (Don Braid) will each discuss their business strategy, recent performance and offer a perspective on growth prospects.

17/03/2023

The Chips Are Down: Silicon Valley Bank Failure

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank over the weekend was the biggest US bank failure since the Global Financial Crisis. The bank was the 16th largest bank in the US and had branches across the world, including in the UK, China, Europe, India, Canada, and Israel. Regulators have jumped in with efforts to prevent contagion across the banking sector and economy.

Read the full report here: http://ow.ly/Ika850NivsW

09/02/2023

Great to be involved with this fantastic event showcasing our regions amazing wine and food. Very much looking forward to the 18th of March.

Announcing our new partnership with Forsyth Barr Wanaka 🥳

Congratulations to our winners of this amazing prize pack:

2 x Pairs of tickets to Ripe Festival and the Maude Wine Lounge, as an added bonus, we will throw in tickets to all 4 of our Masterclass shows!

The Maude Wine Lounge includes complimentary drinks from our host Maude Wines and canapés by The Platter SHARE

*Competition Closed*

09/02/2023

Interesting view on what used to be our largest economic sector - its is on the way back.

New Zealand tourism: 100% Pure at 70% Capacity.

COVID-19 border closures in March 2020 took tourism, one of New Zealand’s most important industries, from hero to zero literally overnight. The next couple of years of tight border controls and periodic domestic lockdowns was painful for a sector reliant on international visitors.

Read the full report here: http://ow.ly/Qkwm50MLlix

10/01/2023

Good look at our falling but still historically high house prices and that further falls are possible and actually positive for the economy.

- House prices are tumbling...and that's okay

New Zealand’s extreme house prices have been exposed by rising mortgage rates, tightened bank lending, and a building boom that’s finally delivering enough houses. House prices have already experienced the largest nominal decline on record, down an average of -14% across the country. We suspect there is more to come.

Read the full report here: http://ow.ly/pYzx50M2G4B