At SBS Wealth we take a long view to financial performance. In one form or another, the SBS Group has been helping New Zealanders gain financial independence for 155 years. SBS Wealth is part of the SBS Bank Group. It had a pretty epic start in 1869, when James Walker Bain trekked across 204km of wilderness between Dunedin and Invercargill to found what was then called the Southland Building, Land and Investment Society. From day one, we have been a mutual society – 100% owned by its members. SBS Bank Group still is today, so at SBS Wealth we answer only to our customers and the members who own us, not overseas shareholders.