Listed Companies

BRIAN GAYNOR: Our directors don’t understand risk

Brian Gaynor
Sat, 12 Sep 2020

The latest Productivity Commission report ‘New Zealand boards and frontier firms’ looks at the performance of our boards of directors. The study is based on the general premise that big companies have greater productivity than smaller companies, that NZ doesn’t develop enough large companies and, as a consequence, the country’s productivity is relatively low.Why don’t we create great large companies and what must we do to reverse this situation?Our stock exchange giantsThe following table shows the largest NZX...

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Markets

MARKET CLOSE: Kiwi falls on economic concern

Dan Brunskill | Thu, 24 Sep 2020

The kiwi dollar sank to its lowest level since late August as the safe-haven US currency continued to attract buying amid a sustained equity sell-off due to fears of recession.

Policy

ELECTION 2020: Scared or excited about a Labour-Green govt?

Paul McBeth | Thu, 24 Sep 2020

Finance professionals have grown comfortable with Grant Robertson over the past three years. Will a new governing arrangement change that?

Law & Regulation

The FMA is running out of patience

Dan Brunskill | Thu, 24 Sep 2020

Financial services firms that keep failing compliance tests can expect to end up in court, says the FMA boss, Rob Everett.

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