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Private Wealth Managers

Wealth management firms providing access to wholesale investment opportunities for high-net-worth investors

Expert guidance, discretionary portfolios, and specialized services including AIP (Active Investor Plus) visa investment solutions.

What is a Wealth Manager?

Private wealth managers provide personalized investment advice and portfolio management for high-net-worth individuals. They act as introducers to wholesale opportunities, curate investment options, and provide ongoing advisory services. Many specialize in AIP visa investment requirements and regulatory compliance.

4 Wealth Managers

Providing access to wholesale investment opportunities

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Alvarium

AIP Services

Alvarium is a New Zealand-owned financial ideas boutique offering bespoke wealth and asset management services to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth private investors. With over 25 years of collective experience, the firm provides investment services across alternative investments, managed portfolios and real estate opportunities, and also serves large-scale professional investors seeking alternative investments to complement existing portfolios. For migrant investors, Alvarium offers a tailored service for the Active Investor Plus (AIP) visa covering approved asset classes — direct investments and managed funds — on one custodial platform with unified reporting. The vehicle listed on Wholesale Investor is the Alvarium Active Investor Plus Service, a bespoke portfolio service in the fund-of-funds category built around AIP Growth and Balanced strategies. A Service Disclosure Statement for the Alvarium Active DIMS service (June 2024) is publicly available via the documents section of alvarium.co.nz. Alvarium is a registered financial service provider (FSP20861) with NZBN 9429047248113, headquartered at Level 37, PwC Tower, 15 Customs Street West, Auckland; this directory records the firm's history from 1999. Key people recorded in this directory include Malcolm McKinnon (CEO), John Berry (CEO Wealth NZ), Paul Brownsey (Chief Investment Officer), Andrew Williams (Executive Director) and Jeremy Ward (Portfolio Manager). Services referenced on this profile are available to wholesale investors under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (Schedule 1); engagement terms, fees and portfolio composition are set out in Alvarium's own service documents.

Est. 1999
25+ years
1 Active Offer
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Craigs Investment Partners

AIP Services

Leading NZ investment firm offering discretionary AIP investment services

Est. 1984
40+ years
1 Active Offer
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Forsyth Barr

AIP Services

New Zealand's largest investment adviser with personalized fund of funds approach

Est. 1936
88+ years
1 Active Offer
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JMI Wealth

AIP Services

Discretionary investment management with bespoke AIP portfolios Note: JMI Wealth rebranded to Shaw and Partners NZ in October 2025. Shaw and Partners (Australian parent) acquired 75% stake in Investment Services Group (ISG), which is Auckland-based with NZD 7+ billion in assets.

Est. 2010
15+ years
1 Active Offer
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For wholesale and eligible investors only. Minimum investment typically $50,000+.