(Fixes Fonterra's current forecast in third paragraph)  By Jenny Ruth Nov. 19 (BusinessDesk) - The risks are mounting against Fonterra holding its current forecast milk payout and this week's GlobalDairyTrade auction could be yet another nail in its coffin. The auction r...

By Jenny Ruth Nov. 19 (BusinessDesk) - Heartland Group is working on solutions for millennials and Gen Z, mobile and card payments and an end-to-end depositors’ platform, the financial services company told its investor day. Millennials typically cover people born in the ea...

By Jenny Ruth Nov. 19 (BusinessDesk) - Investore Property’s first-half net profit fell 14 percent as management fees increased, its interest bill rose and the value of its properties fell. The supermarkets and other large retail store investor’s net profit for the six month...

By Jenny Ruth Nov. 16 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand Shareholders’ Association is suggesting that The Warehouse’s deputy chair Keith Smith may have passed his use-by date. Smith has been advising The Warehouse since it was founded in 1982 and chaired the company between 1...

By Jenny Ruth Nov. 16 (BusinessDesk) - Foley Family Wines is biting the bullet early and moving from NZX's junior board to its main board from Dec. 3. NZX announced last month that it would move to a single equities board from July 1 next year, eliminating both the Alternat...

By Jenny Ruth Nov. 16 (BusinessDesk) - Craigs Investment Partners has become NZX’s first external customer for a new wealth technologies platform which offers a combined registry, administration and custodial service. Craigs has moved $950 million of its total $16 billion i...

(removes Stephen Ridgewell quotes in original story) By Jenny Ruth Nov. 15 (BusinessDesk) - Accounting software company MYOB is claiming market leadership in the Australian and New Zealand markets after adding 205,000 new subscribers in the 12 months ended September. Tha...

By Jenny Ruth Nov. 15 (BusinessDesk) - The highest amount a bank salesperson received on top of their salary as a result of incentive schemes, mostly linked to sales volumes, was $279,000 in the year ended March. The highest amount paid averaged across all nine of the banks...

By Jenny Ruth Nov. 15 (BusinessDesk) - Sanford says annual earnings fell short of its expectations due to “challenging” climatic conditions leading to a decline in harvest volumes. However, that impact was more than compensated for by the company’s efforts to extract more v...

By Jenny Ruth Nov. 15 (BusinessDesk) - Stock exchange operator NZX hasn’t issued any market notices this morning due to computer problems. “We’re currently experiencing some issues with our market information platform,” an NZX data services spokesperson says. If the prob...

Reissuing to remove "HOLD" from the headline By Jenny Ruth Nov. 14 (BusinessDesk) - A group representing independent financial advisers says the latest attempt at a code of conduct for the sector is “both lacking in content and platitudinous.” SIFA says it’s pleased the...

By Jenny Ruth Nov. 14 (BusinessDesk) - Pharmaceuticals and petfood company Ebos demonstrated how it will improve productivity and hinted at potential acquisitions and other avenues for growth at its latest investor day. In its presentation filed with the New Zealand stock e...

By Jenny Ruth Nov. 14 (BusinessDesk) - House prices rose just 0.5 percent nationwide in October from September, while Auckland prices fell a smidgeon. However volumes of houses sold jumped 15.5 percent from last October to the highest number in five months. The latest Real...

By Jenny Ruth Nov. 14 (BusinessDesk) - Infratil has extended its takeover offer for Tilt Renewables until the end of the month in a final attempt to garner the 90 percent stake it needs to compulsorily acquire the remaining shares. The $2.30 per share offer had been due to...

By Jenny Ruth Nov. 13 (BusinessDesk) - Dame Silvia Cartwright has been appointed to lead the public inquiry into the Earthquake Commission. EQC Minister Megan Woods says the former Governor-General and High Court Judge has “enormous mana and experience with public enquiries...

By Jenny Ruth Nov. 13 (BusinessDesk) - ESW Holdings’ $41.4 million takeover offer for SLI Systems “is compelling,” according to independent valuer Northington Partners. SLI’s committee of independent directors is also unanimously recommending that shareholders accept ESW’s...

By Jenny Ruth Nov. 12 (BusinessDesk) - Vital Healthcare Property Trust has finally found a so-called independent director, Graham Stuart, who was Sealord’s chief executive until 2014 and before that Fonterra’s chief financial officer for seven years. Vital’s manager, Canada...