Shareholders Assn pours pressure on A2 board over CEO's early exit
Primary Sector

Shareholders Assn pours pressure on A2 board over CEO's early exit

A2 Milk Co chief executive and managing director Jayne Hrdlicka will step down from her role effective immediately and former head Geoffrey Babidge will take the helm while a search for a replacement is underway.The stock dropped 7.7 percent to $14 when trading on the NZX opened....

Rebecca Howard 09 Dec 2019
Manufacturing data point to better-than-expected economic growth
Economy

Manufacturing data point to better-than-expected economic growth

Stronger-than-expected manufacturing volumes – excluding meat and dairy sales – mean the economy may have grown more in the third quarter than the 0.3 percent forecast by the central bank. The manufacturing survey is the final tranche of second-tier data economists use to firm up...

Rebecca Howard 09 Dec 2019
NZ dollar holds gains against greenback
Markets

NZ dollar holds gains against greenback

The kiwi was largely unchanged against the greenback after it lifted on positive US jobs numbers, but was capped by weak Chinese trade data. The kiwi was trading at 65.58 US cents at 8am in Wellington from 65.61 cents late Friday in New York. The trade-weighted index was at 72...

Rebecca Howard 09 Dec 2019
Odds favour a rate cut but it's a line ball call
Economy

Odds favour a rate cut but it's a line ball call

The odds are slightly in favour of an interest rate cut on Wednesday, but it’s by no means a done deal.The central bank cut the official cash rate by 50 basis points to 1 percent in August but remained on hold in September. Of 18 economists polled by Bloomberg, 12 are expecting t...

Rebecca Howard 11 Nov 2019