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COMMENT: Do regulators need yet another hurry up on disclosure rules?
Markets

Paul McBeth: COMMENT: Do regulators need yet another hurry up on disclosure rules?

By Jenny Ruth May 15 (BusinessDesk) - Disclosure lies at the heart of New Zealand’s corporate regulatory systems but the regulators themselves have greatly undermined that principle more than once. The beauty of enforced disclosure is that it’s nice and cheap, and a strong...

Paul McBeth 14 May 2019
Reserve Bank warns consultation on bank capital ends this week
Finance

Reserve Bank warns consultation on bank capital ends this week

By Jenny Ruth May 13 (BusinessDesk) - The Reserve Bank says it has received 90 formal submissions on its proposal to near double the minimum amount of tier 1 capital banks have to hold and is warning that submissions close this Friday. Meanwhile, ASB Bank’s Australian paren...

Jenny Ruth 13 May 2019
Synlait may have been too hasty on Pokeno plant
Primary Sector

Synlait may have been too hasty on Pokeno plant

By Jenny Ruth May 13 (BusinessDesk) - Synlait Milk has landed itself in a right pickle after a Court of Appeal judgment that renders its new Pokeno factory in breach of covenants restricting use of that land to grazing, lifestyle farming and forestry. Synlait jumped the gun...

Jenny Ruth 12 May 2019
Regulators prod NZ insurers on 'dire' conduct report
Finance

Regulators prod NZ insurers on 'dire' conduct report

By Paul McBeth May 10 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand insurers have been steered to lessons from Australia's royal commission on banking when responding to the "dire" findings of a local conduct and culture investigation earlier this year. Last week, officials from the Financi...

Paul McBeth 10 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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