ON THE MONEY: Abano, SkyCity, Justine Smyth and more

ON THE MONEY: Abano, SkyCity, Justine Smyth and more
Victoria Young
Welcome to On the Money, BusinessDesk's weekly column on money and the people making it. Abano Healthcare chair Pip Dunphy pictured above.In the genesIt has been a rough few weeks for Abano Healthcare chair Pip Dunphy as she negotiated a scheme implementation agreement with the hard-nosed Melbourne-based private equity firm BGH Capital and dealt with the death of her father, Malcolm Dunphy.The Aussie market leaks like a sieve with the Australian Financial Review reporting the $4.45 a share deal at 10pm Sunday but the NZX didn’t r...

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