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UPDATE: Huawei calls for talks with GCSB minister on 5G
Policy

UPDATE: Huawei calls for talks with GCSB minister on 5G

(Adds GCSB comment from 20th paragraph) By Nikki Mandow May 6 (BusinessDesk) - Huawei has vigorously defended its right to be part of New Zealand’s 5G mobile network build at the China Business Summit in Auckland this morning. And it has called on GCSB Minister Andrew Littl...

Nikki Mandow 06 May 2019
Goodman trust won't adopt new NZX rules for managed funds
Property

Goodman trust won't adopt new NZX rules for managed funds

By Jenny Ruth May 6 (BusinessDesk) - Goodman Property Trust’s manager says that it won’t be adopting new NZX rules for managed investment schemes but will remain subject to the rules applying to most other equity securities. That leaves the manager of the only other NZX-lis...

Jenny Ruth 05 May 2019
CORRECT: The story behind the collapse of Allan Hubbard's financial empire
Opinion

Jenny Ruth: CORRECT: The story behind the collapse of Allan Hubbard's financial empire

(Corrects details of Humphry Rolleston's sale of his company to Southbury in par 13) By Jenny Ruth May 6 (BusinessDesk) - Government officials wrongly decided after a flying visit to his Timaru headquarters that financier Allan Hubbard had stolen money from Aorangi Securiti...

Jenny Ruth 05 May 2019
Class action against Southern Response gains Aussie funder
Finance

Class action against Southern Response gains Aussie funder

By Jenny Ruth May 6 (BusinessDesk) - About 3,000 Canterbury residents who believe they were short-changed in their insurance settlements with Southern Response now have the backing of an Australian litigation funder for their roughly $300 million claim. Lawyer Grant Cameron...

Jenny Ruth 05 May 2019


Victoria Young
Victoria Young

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With a professional career spanning New Zealand, Singapore, and London, Victoria Young has been with BusinessDesk since 2019, initially as a senior reporter before taking on the role of investigations editor in 2022, then editor in 2024. 
She has been instrumental in growing BusinessDesk as this country’s premium business news brand.
She was the 2023 recipient of a Brian Gaynor initiative grant.
Victoria holds law and arts degrees from Victoria University of Wellington. 
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