On The Money: Fisher Funds flurries, snacks and snags at the NZX, and more...

With ANZAC Day next Thursday, we pay tribute to NZ servicemen and women helping out this week in the Solomon Islands election. (Image: NZ Defence Force)

Pattrick Smellie

Sat, 20 Apr 2024

An Australian fascination with Fisher FundsBusiness journalism, as practised in Australia, is different from New Zealand.Just like Aussie politics, the scene is bigger and more rambunctious, and a lively trade in potentially Listing Rules-breaking gossip is endlessly exchanged between investment bankers and financial journalists about upcoming deals.One nameless PR maven averred this week that they’d seen texts between reporters and Australian financial contacts begging for tips they could publish, absolute accuracy not necessarily r...

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