NZX's Peterson running to stand still on new listings

NZX's Peterson running to stand still on new listings
Jenny Ruth
You'd think NZX will meet its own earnings guidance, given it was provided just a month shy of its full financial year, but it should also demonstrate that chief executive Mark Peterson is meeting or exceeding his own operational targets.But in at least one key aspect, the listing of companies on its main board, NZX is having to run just to stand still.Despite last year's three floats, a compliance listing and a foreign exempt listing, NZX's number of listed equity issuers in 2020 was static at 129 compared to 2019 and well down on...

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