Brian Gaynor: BRIAN GAYNOR: Charity sector needs far more transparency
The charity sector appears to have made a solid recovery since the global financial crisis, which had a major impact on donations and investment returns.However, the Charities Register website, which is supposed to contain information on all 27,396 NZ registered charities, is poo...
Brian Gaynor: BRIAN GAYNOR: Hart hits the jackpot again while Watson flounders
It’s hard to believe but 20 years ago a major debate was whether Graeme Hart or Eric Watson would be New Zealand’s next business megastar.At the beginning of 2000, when Hart was 44 and Watson 40, they had both made their first $100 million and were in a mad rush to acquire furthe...
Brian Gaynor: Sporting Life: Tennis has a great business model
Australian OpenThe Australian Open is a fantastic tennis, business and social occasion.As far as the social side is concerned, former A2 Milk chief executive Jane Hrdlicka, the chair of Tennis Australia, has a particularly high profile.Hrdlicka was here, there and everywhere as s...
Brian Gaynor: BRIAN GAYNOR: NZX – Where are the retail investors?
The latest BusinessDesk share ownership survey shows that offshore investors own 41 percent of the 20 largest NZX listed companies on a weighted average basis.This is a relatively accurate representation of the total market as these large companies account for 71 percent of the m...
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