By Gavin Evans Oct. 30 (BusinessDesk) - Consultation on legislation to implement the government’s planned ban on new offshore exploration should have been wider given its potential for “significan
By Jenny Ruth Sept. 17 (BusinessDesk) - Sixteen New Zealand insurers have identified more than 75,000 customer issues valued at least $1.4 million but regulators still say they are disappointed by the
By Rebecca Howard Nov. 9 (BusinessDesk) - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is in favour of formalising a committee-based decision-making process but would prefer to keep out external members, and doub
High-profile retailers, promising startups, hospitality operators and builders; there was no shortage of commercial collapses to keep insolvency practitioners busy last year. Across the three formal
Pushpay Holdings’ board of directors are pressing ahead with a scheme of arrangement vote after an independent valuer found the takeover offer scraped into its acceptable range. US-based private equ
A veteran immigration adviser says legislation that has been a decade in the making is missing the number one issue it was supposed to fix. Last week, the Government introduced a bill that included am
A New Zealand startup is building an artificial intelligence assistant to help small to medium business leaders make the best decisions for their companies. To paraphrase an expression rapidly approac
By Suze Metherell Aug. 8 (BusinessDesk) - Martin Aircraft Co, which plans to make the world's first commercial jetpack, has so far raised half of its $5 million target by selling shares to investors
By Margreet Dietz Dec. 29 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street moved lower with the price of oil amid concern about the global glut at a time of weakening worldwide economic growth. Oil dropped, pushing both.
By Suzanne Woolley (Bloomberg Markets) -- Get a sharp investor talking for long enough, and their stories often become revealing. You’ll undoubtedly hear about their wins but also their most painf
By David Uberti Volatility is back in the stock market after a roughly 18-month slumber. Turbulence has mounted since mid-July, culminating last week with the S&P 500 logging its best and worst da
The legislation which would enable Fonterra to undertake its capital restructuring has passed its final reading in parliament. Fonterra confirmed on Friday morning that the new structure should be in.
Ezibuy’s liquidators managed to squeeze an extra $600,000 out of Mosaic Brands after it threw in a lowball offer to buy back the group. After putting it into administration nearly 12 months ago, owi
Mainfreight boss Don Braid says, “without wanting to aggravate them, they’re a pain in the arse”. "They" are the global proxy advisers, dominated by two giants – Institutional Shareholder Serv
By Paul McBeth Sept. 11 (BusinessDesk) - Martin Aircraft Co, which plans to make the world's first commercial jetpack allowing a person to fly, raised $6.5 million in an oversubscribed private placeme
The liquidators of one of well-known property developer Chris Cook’s entities say they’ve taken legal advice on “certain matters”. But Cook says no legal action is ongoing. Multiple entities c
The parent of Ezibuy has lobbed in an offer to its liquidators to buy back the collapsed retailer’s assets. In April, Mosaic Brands – which is listed across the Tasman – put the Palmerston North
By Margreet Dietz Feb. 7 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street rebounded, as investors found value following Monday’s global stock market rout, amid bets that the outlook remains positive for corporate profi
By Derek Rose The local share market has enjoyed its best performance in 20 months, surging to a record high for the ninth time this year after a cooling inflation report opened the door for interest.
The New Zealand Shareholders Association has thrown its support behind Synlait Milk’s capital raise. Shareholders will gather at the cash-strapped processor’s Dunsandel site next week to vote on a
Finance Minister Nicola Willis says the brakes have been put on contractor and consultant spending, while the number of public servants is expected to continue to fall. She was commenting on workforce
Software company Vista says there is "no case for change" to its board. The dual-listed cinema software company released a presentation to proxy advisors on Monday morning. In it, it said removing c
It was a red letter day for the Act Party on Tuesday, but not because submissions opened on its Treaty Principles Bill or because of the hīkoi arriving at Parliament’s front door. Rather, it was th
The Commerce Commission wants the Government to properly capitalise Kiwibank and have open banking “fully operational” by June 2026. Those were two key recommendations from the 14-month inquiry in
Killing the goose that laid the golden egg? A freshly released briefing paper to Tourism Minister Matt Doocey reveals that the Government ignored officials' advice to raise the International Visitor L
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