Recognising and lauding a business hero

Recognising and lauding a business hero
Marko Bogoievski's led Infratil and Morrison & Co since January 2009 (Image: Supplied)
Jenny Ruth
New Zealand isn't that great at recognising our business heroes, let alone lauding them.And I bet if this column was tearing Infratil and its manager, HRL Morrison & Co, to shreds for fee "gouging", it would attract a much bigger audience.The only trouble with that angle is that the NZ market contains another manager that amply demonstrates what a truly rapacious attitude towards fees looks like, Canada's NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, which manages Vital Healthcare Property Trust.Nobody coul...

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