Opinion

Opinion and analysis from Pattrick Smellie, Peter Griffin, David Chaplin and Cameron Bagrie and a top-level group of New Zealand experts, including the BusinessDesk editorial team.
After Kiwibank, what else would govt like to own?
Finance

Warren Couillault: After Kiwibank, what else would govt like to own?

The need for a 100% crown-owned Kiwibank baffles Warren Couillault, but he does see a bond market opportunity in it.

Why Juicy Fest’s NFTs got pulped
Technology

Ben Moore: Why Juicy Fest’s NFTs got pulped

Bad timing, bad marketing, and bad use of technology led to barely 1% of the planned NFTs being sold. 

Ben Moore 26 Aug 2022
Government faces looming IT project bottleneck
Technology

Peter Griffin: Government faces looming IT project bottleneck

The government has critical tech projects waiting that are too important to be left high and dry if we can't find the IT workers to do them.

Peter Griffin 25 Aug 2022
Fund status check shows business-as-usual still wins
Finance

David Chaplin: Fund status check shows business-as-usual still wins

Managing money still makes money, and lashings of it, says the Boston Consulting Group in its 20th annual ‘Global Asset Management Benchmarking’ report.

David Chaplin 24 Aug 2022