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‘We’re running as hard and as fast as we can’: NZX bosses

CEO Mark Peterson and chair John McMahon on levelling the regulatory playing field, the IPOs that got away, and the ASX.

NZX chair John McMahon and CEO Mark Peterson.

Key points
  • What’s at stake: The NZX is engaging with Government to try level the regulatory playing field in order to help capital markets grow.
  • Background: The stock exchange operator has been criticised for a lack of IPO and trading activity in recent years.
  • Key players: NZX CEO Mark Peterson, NZX chair John McMahon, Andrew Bayly.

Last month’s annual meeting of local stock exchange operator NZX was expected to be, in the words of one observer, a “bloodbath”.

That’s largely because directors were seeking a 38% – or $215,000 – pay rise despite ongoing grumblings from some shareholders about the business’s

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Key points
  • What’s at stake: The NZX is engaging with Government to try level the regulatory playing field in order to help capital markets grow.
  • Background: The stock exchange operator has been criticised for a lack of IPO and trading activity in recent years.
  • Key players: NZX CEO Mark Peterson, NZX chair John McMahon, Andrew Bayly.
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