Why is Rocket Lab only our second ever Nasdaq listing?

Why is Rocket Lab only our second ever Nasdaq listing?
"I’d love to have seen Rocket Lab debut on the NZX or as an NZX-ASX dual listing," says Peter Griffin.
Peter Griffin
When Peter Beck gets to ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq stock exchange to celebrate the US listing of Rocket Lab, he’ll be only the second leader of a New Zealand-founded company to do so. It will be a huge milestone for him, but a bittersweet moment for our tech community and local investors. As my BusinessDesk colleague Brian Gaynor wrote on Tuesday, “the loss of Xero, and now Rocket Lab, are huge blows to the NZX”.I’d love to have seen Rocket Lab debut on the NZX or as an NZX-ASX dual listing. But the reality...

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