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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

Fintech

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise; MRP, Genesis, Meridian gain on dividends

New Zealand shares rose, paced by Genesis Energy, Meridian Energy and MightyRiverPower as investors bet on a boost to dividend payouts by the state.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Thu, 6th Nov 2014

Productivity

JB Hi-Fi sees first-half NZ sales fall 6%

New Zealand sales fell 6 percent in the first half from a year-earlier result boosted by the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Tue, 12th Feb 2013

Unified Communications

Copper lines could crash fibre investment

Chorus says copper lines regulation threatens to derail investment in building a national fibre network by undercutting the new technology.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Wed, 31st Oct 2012

Global Stories

Stock Market stories

Wall Street

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

Stock Market

MARKET CLOSE: NZX 50 rises to record on yield hunt; Heartland, Genesis, Spark gain

New Zealand shares rose, pushing the NZX 50 Index to its eighth consecutive record close, after Heartland New Zealand affirmed guidance.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Nov 2014

Wikipedia

Is Wiki the ticket to predicting the stock market?

Wikipedia could have been used as early warning signs of stock market movements, according to a new study published today in Scientific Reports.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 9th May 2013