NZ Super Fund posts 20.7% annual return as shares rally, cautions on outlook

NZ Super Fund posts 20.7% annual return as shares rally, cautions on outlook

By Rebecca Howard Sept. 28 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand Superannuation Fund delivered a sharply higher annual return after a sustained rally in global equity markets but chief executive Adrian Orr is more cautious about the future. The fund reported a 20.7 percent retur...

Rebecca Howard 27 Sep 2017
UPDATE: RBNZ keeps rates at 1.75% but may be signaling lower growth forecasts

UPDATE: RBNZ keeps rates at 1.75% but may be signaling lower growth forecasts

(Recasts, adding comment from economists, updates dollar, adds in swap rates) By Rebecca Howard Sept. 28 (BusinessDesk) - Acting Reserve Bank governor Grant Spencer kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.75 percent as widely expected and signaled no change on the immedi...

Rebecca Howard 27 Sep 2017
NZ dollar under pressure as greenback pushes higher after Yellen

NZ dollar under pressure as greenback pushes higher after Yellen

By Rebecca Howard Sept. 27 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar remained under pressure as investors lifted the probability of a US rate hike in December after what were viewed as hawkish comments by the US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, boosting demand for the greenba...

Rebecca Howard 27 Sep 2017
China's Zhejiang Rifa makes full takeover offer for Airwork Holdings

China's Zhejiang Rifa makes full takeover offer for Airwork Holdings

By Rebecca Howard Sept. 27 (BusinessDesk) - Rifa Jair Company, a unit of  Zhejiang Rifa Holding Group Co, intends to make a full takeover offer for all fully paid ordinary shares of Airwork Holdings that it does not already own at a 21 percent premium to yesterday's closing pr...

Rebecca Howard 26 Sep 2017