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Companies get 6-month safe harbour on solvency law
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Companies get 6-month safe harbour on solvency law

The government has responded to an increasing clamour from the business community and created a six-month "safe harbour" for directors of companies that would otherwise face insolvency as a result of the coronavirus crisis and national shutdown.Finance Minister Grant Robertson st...

Jenny Ruth 03 Apr 2020
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Extend loan scheme to smaller businesses - NZ Initiative
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Extend loan scheme to smaller businesses - NZ Initiative

The government's $6.25 billion business finance guarantee scheme should be widened to include small businesses with revenue of $100,000 or more, said the New Zealand Initiative. Currently, the scheme is open to businesses with turnover between $250,000 and $80 million as part...

Jenny Ruth 03 Apr 2020
Demand high as Treasury fine-tunes business loan guarantee scheme
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Demand high as Treasury fine-tunes business loan guarantee scheme

First-day demand suggests the government's yet-to-be finalised $6.25 billion business loan guarantee scheme will be "highly utilised," ANZ Bank said.The government announced the business scheme before every aspect could be nailed down so that banks could start money flowing to di...

Jenny Ruth 03 Apr 2020
Banks to cease paying dividends, share buybacks - RBNZ
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Banks to cease paying dividends, share buybacks - RBNZ

The Reserve Bank has agreed with the banks that they won't be paying dividends through the coronavirus crisis or redeeming any type of quasi equity and has included these prohibitions in the banks' certificates of registration."This initiative further supports the stability of th...

Jenny Ruth 02 Apr 2020