ANALYSIS: Research shows show that 31 NZX50 companies have had the same audit firm for at least the past decade. Of those, 20 hadn’t changed audit firms in more than 20 years.
ANALYIS: John le Carré used his spycraft charm to seduce women for his characters.
ANALYSIS: A reminder that trustees can be personally liable for breaching their duty to invest prudently, diversely.
ANALYSIS: Whether a look to the past can help form expectations about what might occur in the future.
ANALYSIS: Shareholders have legitimate concerns about the independence of listed publican’s sale.
ANALYSIS: If giant offshore windfarms require price support mechanisms to be viable, the incoming Government will not be keen.
ANALYSIS: Introducing 10 bills to Parliament – which still have to be drafted – will take time.
ANALYSIS: NBR Listers’ pharma company cleared a major FDA hurdle last week but winning the US is far from assured.
ANALYSIS: A new government does not meaningfully change the prevailing fundamentals for most companies.
ANALYSIS: A recommendation that a new independent regulator be established shouldn't fall to the bottom of the new government's legislative priorities.