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KPMG warns end of mortgage war may be near
Finance

KPMG warns end of mortgage war may be near

The mortgage war spurred by the Reserve Bank’s interest rate cuts last year may be near an end, according to KPMG.The financial services advisory firm noted the unexpected competition that arose in the second half of 2019 after the central bank cut the official cash rate half a p...

Paul McBeth 19 Feb 2020
Air NZ cuts back Shanghai flights
Services

Air NZ cuts back Shanghai flights

Air New Zealand will cut the number of flights to Shanghai as customer demand has weakened because of the coronavirus outbreak. The airline had already suspended flights to Shanghai until March 29. Today it said from March 30 it would reduce the number of flights to a return serv...

Victoria Young 18 Feb 2020
Halifax investors fight for individual positions

Halifax investors fight for individual positions

Judges overseeing the distribution of funds from collapsed online brokerage Halifax have indicated they want liquidators to do more to consider the position of investors unsatisfied with their current proposals. The Australian-headquartered company was moved into liquidation in M...

Victoria Young 18 Feb 2020
Legal tech start-up closes $3.65m capital raising

Legal tech start-up closes $3.65m capital raising

Legal ops company LawVu has completed a $3.65 million funding round, valuing it at almost $20 million as it signs top-tier corporate clients. The tech start-up, which focuses on legal operations in the cloud, said it had recently signed Telstra, James Hardie, Fonterra and Zespri...

Victoria Young 18 Feb 2020


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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