The specialist healthcare property trust has been actively adding NZ properties to its asset base, now valued at almost a third of its $3.3 billion portfolio.

Buying shares on the stock market is a great way to build wealth. But there are traps for the unwary, says Frances Cook.

Forsyth Barr analysts say the US infant formula market is between 15% and 20% the size of China’s.

The S&P/NZX 50 added 2% over the week and volumes picked up ahead of earnings. 

The market regulator wants to see an assessment as to whether the proposed directors can be considered independent of the largest shareholder. 

Xero is promoting Australian managing director Joseph Lyons to Asia Pacific managing director with three country managers reporting to him.

Despite supply chain disruption, inflation and covid-19, T&G Global says its long-term strategy is starting to pay off.

The country's largest building materials providers appear to have been given the 'all clear' under the Commerce Commission's first blush of its 383-page building supplies study.

The NZX50 was buoyed by companies offering reliable dividends. 

Heartland’s running down lending through Harmoney triggered no alarm bells because personal lending throughout the financial sector dropped sharply during the covid pandemic.

The retailer said it would report a 4% decline in first-half profit but second quarter sales were up 3.5% at $191.7m.

Some positive indications about A2 Milk's approval for the US market made it one of the winners in the NZX today.

The company owns and operates The Hub Hornby Shopping Centre in Christchurch.

Investors who rode the bull market during the first two years of the pandemic are pulling back as equities become more volatile, reducing online trading volumes dramatically.

The three major NZ broking firms have “overweight” or “outperform” investment recommendations on Infratil shares.

A2 trading was halted after the stock lifted 8.6% to $5.42. 

The company poised to buy KiwiWealth has stellar year.

The sale to Fisher Funds will mean both the Kiwi Wealth brand and business disappear. An alternative bid from Jarden would have kept both.

Pacific Edge shares sank by almost 50% after the market opened this morning on the news it might lose its US revenue.

Cxbladder is specifically excluded from health insurance coverage in a draft proposal that covers Pacific Edge's laboratory in Pennsylvania. 

The mobile phone marketing company will continue to provide McDonald’s with its platform for a further five years.

The only way to ensure all dairy farmers receive a fair price for their milk is to have the base milk price set independently.

Insiders, meme stocks, manias and scams. As the current Buttonwood financial markets columnist finishes his stint, he realises we’ve seen it all before.

A revenue jump of 41.4% in the US helped Mainfreight shares rally for a second day.