Business

UPDATE: Infratil,  Brookfield purchase values Vodafone NZ at $3.4 billion
Infrastructure

UPDATE: Infratil, Brookfield purchase values Vodafone NZ at $3.4 billion

(Updates to add detail, financials in paragraph seven)  By Rebecca Howard May 14 (BusinessDesk) - Vodafone Group has sold Vodafone New Zealand to a consortium comprising Infratil and Canada's Brookfield Asset Management for an enterprise value of $3.4 billion, it said in a...

Rebecca Howard 13 May 2019
Jones defiant, apologetic over Provincial Growth Fund politics
Economy

Jones defiant, apologetic over Provincial Growth Fund politics

By Pattrick Smellie May 13 (BusinessDesk) - Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones mixed defiance with apology for his handling of the Provincial Growth Fund during a briefing intended to demystify the process by which funds from the $3 billion fund are managed....

Pattrick Smellie 13 May 2019
Reserve Bank warns consultation on bank capital ends this week
Finance

Reserve Bank warns consultation on bank capital ends this week

By Jenny Ruth May 13 (BusinessDesk) - The Reserve Bank says it has received 90 formal submissions on its proposal to near double the minimum amount of tier 1 capital banks have to hold and is warning that submissions close this Friday. Meanwhile, ASB Bank’s Australian paren...

Jenny Ruth 13 May 2019
UPDATE: Global ice cream company Froneri snaps up Tip Top
Primary Sector

UPDATE: Global ice cream company Froneri snaps up Tip Top

(Updates to add CEO comment throughout, comment from New Zealand First)  By Rebecca Howard May 13 (BusinessDesk) - Global ice cream company Froneri has bought Fonterra Cooperative Group's Tip Top for $380 million, ending a six-month sale process.  The price was about $10...

Rebecca Howard 13 May 2019