Opinion

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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
CORRECT: The story behind the collapse of Allan Hubbard's financial empire
Law & Regulation

Jenny Ruth: CORRECT: The story behind the collapse of Allan Hubbard's financial empire

(Corrects details of Humphry Rolleston's sale of his company to Southbury in par 13) By Jenny Ruth May 6 (BusinessDesk) - Government officials wrongly decided after a flying visit to his Timaru headquarters that financier Allan Hubbard had stolen money from Aorangi Securiti...

Jenny Ruth 05 May 2019