In this video, Alice Mew, Senior Investment Strategist, NZ Direct Investment, talks to Mike Frith, Manager, Economics, about the global investment environment and its implications for the NZ Super Fund. Watch a short video of Alice and Mike discussing the investment environment The investor uncertainty and market volatility that characterised the first half of 2018 has carried on through the second half of the year. Almost all international equity markets are lower now than they were at the start of 2018.