REBECCA HOWARD: Brash Aussies winning over local listing opportunities

REBECCA HOWARD: Brash Aussies winning over local listing opportunities
Rebecca Howard
Brash Australian brokers and advisers putting the hard sell on New Zealand firms are beating out the local market, but NZX chief executive Mark Peterson says firms jumping across the ditch are missing out.  He gives a list of reasons why NZ firms should list locally, especially at a time when the world is gripped by the the covid-19 pandemic, creating massive uncertainty: “A business should be thinking about options and where they source capital from.” “There is absolute demand out there,” he said. “The market is there in spades for these...

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