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.
JEHAN CASINADER: Why the diversity debate really matters

Jehan Casinader: JEHAN CASINADER: Why the diversity debate really matters

When I was an ambitious teenager, desperately trying to get a foothold in the competitive TV news business, the boss of a major current affairs show told me: “You’re the right colour to be on this programme”. It sounds like shameless tokenism – implying that I was being hired on...

Jehan Casinader 30 May 2020
BRIAN GAYNOR: Stuff – Deal of the century or has Boucher caught a falling knife?
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Brian Gaynor: BRIAN GAYNOR: Stuff – Deal of the century or has Boucher caught a falling knife?

Sinead Boucher’s purchase of Stuff for just $1 could be the deal of the century.

Brian Gaynor 29 May 2020
PETER GRIFFIN: How Sky can make broadband pay
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Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: How Sky can make broadband pay

I thought I was getting Sky TV stock at a decent discount back in March when the share price plunged through the 30 cent barrier amid some of the most volatile market trading the NZX has ever seen. Then came the $157 million, deeply discounted rights issue, which institutional...

Peter Griffin 28 May 2020
BRIAN GAYNOR: CDL and Millennium & Copthorne – successful back door listings but….

Brian Gaynor: BRIAN GAYNOR: CDL and Millennium & Copthorne – successful back door listings but….

CDL Investments New Zealand and Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand, two backdoor listings, held their virtual annual meetings yesterday. Both companies have had chequered histories but, unlike most NZX reverse takeovers, they have been relatively successful. CDL and...

Brian Gaynor 27 May 2020