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Kiwi employers struggle to fill 50% of vacancies, ManpowerGroup says

Kiwi employers struggle to fill 50% of vacancies, ManpowerGroup says

By Hannah Lynch May 29 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand employers struggled to fill about 50 percent of job vacancies in 2011, with a squeeze on engineers, skilled trade workers and sales representatives, according to ManpowerGroup's latest talent shortage survey. Kiwi employers h...

29 May 2012
Treasury seeks brokers to run partial privatisation for retail investors

Treasury seeks brokers to run partial privatisation for retail investors

By Paul McBeth May 29 (BusinessDesk) - The Treasury wants a list of brokers who will target retail investors in shares of partially privatised energy companies. The department is seeking to appoint a panel of firms for the retail, or so-called "Mum and Dad" component of the gov...

29 May 2012
Strategic Finance investors get another 1.5 cents in the dollar, receiver says

Strategic Finance investors get another 1.5 cents in the dollar, receiver says

By Paul McBeth May 29 (BusinessDesk) - Investors in Strategic Finance got paid another 1.5 cents in every dollar they had put into the failed lender this month, and are still facing a best-case scenario of clawing back 26 percent of their principal, according to the latest recei...

28 May 2012