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World Week Ahead: Fed minutes, US jobs

Investors will scrutinise the minutes from the US Federal Reserve December policy meeting at which it promised patience in raising interest rates,.

By Pattrick Smellie • 4 min read • Mon, 5th Jan 2015

Payment Technologies

YEAR IN REVIEW: NZ stock investors ride wave of new listings

NZ stock market thrives with 16 new listings in 2014, drawing $8.3bn in equity, signalling robust investor confidence amidst a flourishing economy.

By Pattrick Smellie • 6 min read • Tue, 30th Dec 2014

MetroGlass to join NZX 50, OceanaGold out

Metro Performance Glass, which has more than half the country's glass processing market, will join the stock market's benchmark index later this mo.

By Pattrick Smellie • 1 min read • Thu, 11th Dec 2014

Property Market

MARKET CLOSE:NZ shares fall; Genesis, Merdian drop as investors book gains

New Zealand shares fell, snapping four days of gains, led by Genesis Energy, Meridian Energy and MightyRiverPower as investors looked to crystalise.

By Pattrick Smellie • 5 min read • Wed, 12th Nov 2014

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NZX

NZX share trading climbs in February, equity market tops $100bln

The volume and value of cash trading on New Zealand's share market rose in February, snapping a decline a month earlier, and helped push the value of.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Wed, 4th Mar 2015

Marketing Technologies

While you were sleeping: Fresh S&P 500 record

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index touched a record high, rising above 2,100 for the first time, even as Wall Street's gains were muted by concern abo.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Wed, 18th Feb 2015

Quantum Computing

Millennium & Copthorne lifts annual profit 11%, on the back of CDL gains

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand, one of New Zealand's largest hotel operators, has lifted annual profit 11 percent and its dividend after.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2015

Capital

NZX January trading volume drops, value edges up

The volume of cash trading on New Zealand's share market dropped in January from a year earlier, in what's typically a quiet month, though the valu.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Wed, 4th Feb 2015

Fintech

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares resume rally led by MRP; Kathmandu tumbles

New Zealand shares rose, heading back toward a record high after a two-day slide, as investors regained their appetite for companies offering relat.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Mon, 2nd Feb 2015

PwC

FMA looking into Pyne Gould's accounts after company says most of 2014 profit wasn't received

Pyne Gould Corp's 2014 accounts are being looked into by the Financial Markets Authority after the asset management firm controlled by managing dir.

By Pattrick Smellie • 4 min read • Mon, 2nd Feb 2015

Unified Communications

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall, rounding out 18% annual gain led by Chorus

New Zealand shares fell on the last day of 2014, rounding out an 18 percent annual gain that was led by telecommunications network operator Chorus,.

By Pattrick Smellie • 4 min read • Wed, 31st Dec 2014

Stock Market

MRP to quit Chilean, German geothermal investments, sticks with US plant

MightyRiverPower, the first of the state-owned power companies to be partially privatised last year, will quit its geothermal investments in Chile.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Tue, 16th Dec 2014

Customers

MARKET CLOSE: NZ stocks fall, led by Kathmandu as kiwi climbs; NZOG drops

New Zealand shares fell, led by Kathmandu, on concern a stronger kiwi dollar reduces the value of the retailer's offshore sales.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Thu, 11th Dec 2014

Construction

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise; ANZ, Westpac gain, Pacific Edge up on new test

New Zealand shares rose, led by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group and Westpac Banking Corp after an Australian report proposed restrictions o.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Mon, 8th Dec 2014

Supply Chain

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall; Spark falls; Meridian, MRP heavily traded on MSCI changes

New Zealand shares fell, paced by Spark New Zealand and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare as investor looked to crystalise recent gains.

By Pattrick Smellie • 4 min read • Tue, 25th Nov 2014

Power / Energy

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall; Meridian, Genesis, MRP decline

New Zealand share fell, paced by Meridian Energy, Contact Energy and MightyRiverPower as some investors looked to crystalise recent gains.

By Pattrick Smellie • 4 min read • Mon, 24th Nov 2014

Fintech

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares gain as F&P rises to record, Xero falls on 1H result

New Zealand shares rose as Fisher & Paykel Healthcare advanced to a record after lifting its annual profit guidance.

By Pattrick Smellie • 4 min read • Thu, 20th Nov 2014

Cybersecurity

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise; Ryman, Summerset, Metlifecare up as investors bargain hunt

New Zealand shares rose, paced by Ryman Healthcare, Summerset Group Holdings and Metlifecare, as investors returned to stocks which have come under.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Mon, 17th Nov 2014

Health Technologies

MARKET CLOSE: NZX 50 rises to record on yield appetite; Spark, Fletcher gain

New Zealand shares rose to a fresh record, paced by Spark New Zealand, Fletcher Building and Contact Energy, as investors continued to be drawn to.

By Pattrick Smellie • 4 min read • Mon, 10th Nov 2014

Diligent boosts earnings 8% in third quarter, lifts full-year outlook

Diligent Board Member Services, the governance app developer, boosted earnings growth 8 percent in the September quarter, beating guidance, and lif.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Fri, 7th Nov 2014