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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.
BRIAN GAYNOR:  Backdoor listing No. 8 - Chris Castle
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Brian Gaynor: BRIAN GAYNOR: Backdoor listing No. 8 - Chris Castle

Chris Castle, who has been involved with NZX companies for nearly 45 years, is participating in another complex backdoor listing.This time he is asking Aorere Resources shareholders to approve the reverse acquisition of Queensland based All Industrial Networks Limited. The virtua...

Brian Gaynor 24 Jun 2020
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DAVID CHAPLIN: Investment games: why everyone is playing, or played
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David Chaplin: DAVID CHAPLIN: Investment games: why everyone is playing, or played

The death of a day-trader in the US last week set the ball rolling on a serious debate about an old game played with new tricks.

David Chaplin 24 Jun 2020
JEHAN CASINADER: Why are our key sectors struggling to attract talent?
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Jehan Casinader: JEHAN CASINADER: Why are our key sectors struggling to attract talent?

On a chilly autumn evening in 2013, I walked into a pub in Central Otago. I had spent the day filming a TV story about a wonderful community of Filipino dairy farm workers who were putting down roots in the area.At the bar, a European local – who was quick to spot a city-slicker...

Jehan Casinader 20 Jun 2020
ON THE MONEY: Jarden, Vodafone, Sky Sport and more
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Victoria Young: ON THE MONEY: Jarden, Vodafone, Sky Sport and more

Welcome to On the Money, BusinessDesk’s weekly column on money and the people making it. (Vodafone NZ CEO Jason Paris pictured above) Jarden makes mega move on CraigsThe move by Grant Swanepoel from Craigs Investment Partners to Jarden must be all about the dosh as Jarden appears...

Victoria Young 20 Jun 2020