Pie Funds has appeared online at Goodreturns.co.nz this month, announcing the launch of a new Australasian Dividend Fund. The announcement has come at a time when investors are more cautious when dealing with the economy.

Pie Funds managing director, Mike Taylor, is not fazed by the current economic climate. He believes it provides investors with a chance to buy equities at favourable valuations.

In keeping with their past funds, the Australasian Dividend Fund will continue to largely invest within small companies in Australia and New Zealand.

Those companies of interest to Pie Funds will have ‘earnings sustainability, solid growth and a sustainable dividend distribution policy’.

Click here to read the full story, or for more information view www.piefunds.co.nz.

Upstart fund manager Mike Taylor speaks with Sunday Star Times Rob Stock three years on from the inception of Pie Funds; the boutique fund management business he launched in 2007.  

He also spoke with Niko Kloeten from the National Business Review and revealed he had written an opinion piece exclusively for the NBR called “A greying economy: how the investment landscape will look in 2050”.  To read this subscriber only content please logon at www.nbr.co.nz

Andrew Patterson of Radio Live interviews Mike Taylor, Managing Director at Pie Funds, on his experience of running his own fund at the age of 30 – Audio

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Mike Taylor Managing Director of Pie Funds continues to turn heads in the world of funds management.  This month he features in Unlimited magazine in an interview by Nicola Kean. 

The Upstart discusses the humbling beginnings of Pie Funds and the idea that lead him to start it all; a vision to manage money for family and friends. 

With the support of a few key mentors Taylor has grown Pie Funds two fold and manages a $7 million investment fund. To date,  the fund has returned an impressive 105% over the past year and has seen the number of investors double in the same time.

Click here to read the full interview and find out how close Pie Funds came to closing.

Mike Taylor also appeared on NZI Business speaking to Corin Dann about the Foreign Debt issue, click here to see the video.

TVNZ NZI Business’ Corin Dann spoke with Mike Taylor, Managing Director of Pie Funds about the sovereign debt issue, of which Taylor believes we are only seeing the tip of the crisis-ice berg now.

In his interview, 21 April, Taylor discusses the concerning debt issues of western nations and highlights those countries which he believes are at highest risk.  He also warns investors that developed countries such as the US and Japan are not safe from risk either. 

Find out New Zealand’s current debt position in the foreign debt crisis, follow this link to view the full length interview.

Pie Funds founder Mike Taylor speaks with the NZ Herald about why he believes small-cap stocks offer the best return recovery and says Australia is where the action will happen.

He believes small companies have more leverage and says in Australia there is more focus on getting listed.