ANALYSIS: The size, regulatory environment, and lack of in-house lawyers is stifling competition in the New Zealand legal market.
ANALYSIS: As boards prep for NZ’s climate-reporting regime, the draft Australian regime has proposed a three-year moratorium preventing private litigants from taking claims.
ANALYSIS: Liquidators are poised to have an even busier next year than this one.
ANALYSIS: Shareholders have legitimate concerns about the independence of listed publican’s sale.
ANALYSIS: A recommendation that a new independent regulator be established shouldn't fall to the bottom of the new government's legislative priorities.
ANALYSIS: In this economic environment, a board asking for more money is rightly not being well received.
ANALYSIS: An FMA review of the Barry Kloogh Ponzi this week leaves a couple of questions hanging.
ANALYSIS: Advisers divided on whether politics matters in M&A, although some reckon we are underestimating the impact a change in government will bring.
ANALYSIS: This is front of mind for business and it should be front of mind for politicians and the public.
ANALYSIS: Business looks set to get what it wants this election, but the underlying challenges remain.