Government roped in FMA chair Simon Allen to help close SkyCity deal, papers show

Government roped in FMA chair Simon Allen to help close SkyCity deal, papers show
By Jonathan Underhill July 19 (BusinessDesk) – The government employed Financial Markets Authority chairman Simon Allen to help negotiate its $402 million convention centre-for-gaming concessions deal with SkyCity Entertainment Group. Allen, a former investment banker who has chaired the market watchdog since May 2011, took a key role in talks with the casino and hotel group, according to papers released by Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Minister Steven Joyce this week. Joyce said he tapped Allen, who he met as chairman of...