Kiwibank’s plans for an up to $500 million capital raise to wrangle market share from its gorilla Australian rivals has failed to inspire potential investors, BusinessDesk has been told.Possible ...

You’ve got to hand it to Bathurst Resources: the company has plenty of chutzpah.New Zealand’s largest coal miner has not only manouevred to avoid pa ...

The New Zealand sharemarket was down again on Thursday as high-valued Mainfreight's share price dropped for the second day while utility stocks had plenty of movement.On the main board, the S&P/NZX 50 ...

Education is one of my bugbears, as I consider it a harbinger of living standards.Lots of encouraging changes in education are finally taking place after years of stagnancy and can-kicking around ...

Green Cross Health director Carolyn Steele has resigned from her position, citing the need to balance her governance responsibilities. Steele's resignation will take effect once a suitable replacement ...

By the time it was placed in voluntary administration in 2015, state-owned coal miner Solid Energy had been a headache for its ministerial shareholders for years.Along with other boondoggles, the ...

Declining productivity and a fragmented port sector risk undermining economic growth and a goal to double exports by 2034.That’s the message from international shipping lines, who presented a critical ...

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As murky legal stoushes go, the heavily suppressed action taken by Nelson-based food processor Talley's Group against its coal mining joint venture partner, Bathurst Resources, is not only a case ...

Last week, a US private equity manager agreed to pay about A$3.3 billion (NZ$3.6b) to buy the ASX-listed Insignia Financial.CC Capital outbid two rival US private equity firms, Bain Capital and ...

A damning judgment against the Serious Fraud Office for unlawful use of its powers forced the SFO to drop charges against two men accused of attempting to defraud Afghans seeking to flee Kabul as the ...

Cannasouth’s receiver expects the company to be liquidated once the receivership process is over.Kevin Davies, of Principle Insolvency, was appointed receiver of the company on May 22, a year after ...