ON THE MONEY: PwC, NZX, a2 and more

ON THE MONEY: PwC, NZX, a2 and more
Victoria Young
Welcome to On the Money, BusinessDesk's weekly column on money and the people making it. A tale of two siblingsSiblings Susan Peterson and Mark Peterson had a positive Thursday morning while the rest of us faced the gloom of another covid-19 lockdown.Xero, the ASX-listed Kiwi company where Susan is a non-executive director, held its virtual annual meeting and its share price jumped 1 percent immediately afterward while NZX, with Mark as chief executive, released its interim result and its share price bounced 2.6 percent.The Xero event...

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