Law & Regulation
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Finance
BusinessNZ, lawyers tell govt: relax insolvency law
While at least some of the major banks have said they will judge the solvency of companies wanting to borrow on their pre-coronavirus crisis financial position, lawyers are saying the government still has to relax insolvency law to ease the liability directors face.Other countrie...
Policy
Covid-19 elimination plan lacks clear targets: Otago professor
The government needs to adopt clear targets and timelines for eliminating the spread of covid-19, epidemiologist David Skegg has told MPs in the first public hearings of a new parliamentary select committee with oversight powers on the national state of emergency.Speaking to the...
Markets
NZX to split regulation from commercial functions
Stock exchange operator NZX is splitting out its regulatory functions from its commercial operations and the regulatory arm will have its own board independent of NZX and won't be expected to contribute to profit.Chair James Miller announced the split at today's annual meeting, s...
Retail
Supermarkets may face unfair scrutiny - Foodstuffs exec
Foodstuffs North Island chief executive Chris Quin is concerned supermarkets will catch undeserved scrutiny as the government places a close eye on food pricing while the four-week lockdown is in place.In an online seminar hosted by the Trans-Tasman Business Circle, Quin said the...
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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.
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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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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.
You can follow her on Twitter @victoriayoung03 or connect with her on LinkedIn here.
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