Green Cross to increase in-home care to elderly, says government must improve funding
SOPHIE BOOT AUGUST 3, 2016 Green Cross Health They listed medical services provider, says it is looking to offer more in-home care for elderly private patients but says the government must improve the public funding system. [...]
FACE VALUE: Rangatira Investment’s Phil Veal on investing in ‘beer, bacon and rollercoasters’
Private equity firm Rangatira Investments owns Tuatara Brewing, Hellers, and Rainbow's End. That makes Rangatira's chief executive Phil Veal chief executive of "beer, bacon and rollercoasters". Phil Veal, engineer turned fund manager, and chairman of Tuatara Brewing. He started [...]
Capital Markets: Aussies prefer NZ investment
By Bill Bennett Thursday May 19, 2016 Do the Australians prefer New Zealand investments? Though merger and acquisition activity this year might not reach the highs seen in 2015, Simpson Grierson partner Michael Pollard remains [...]
Hellaby agrees to sell equipment unit to Maui Capital for $81m
TINA MORRIS WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 2016 Hellaby Holdings [NZX: HBY] agreed to sell its equipment group to private equity group Maui Capital Aqua Fund for $81 million and will use the funds to reduce debt and expand [...]
StretchSense attracts investment from Japanese e-commerce giant
CAMPBELL GIBSON TUESDAY JUNE 28, 2016 Wearable sensor company StretchSense has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Tokyo stock exchange-listed start today. StretchSense chief technology officer Todd Gisby (left) and chief executive Ben O'Brien [...]
Oxford boffin: the end of the internal combustion engine-powered car in 10 to 15 years
JENNY RUTH TUESDAY JUNE 28, 2016 A visiting academic from Oxford University is predicting nobody will be making cars with internal combustion engines within 10 or 15 years. Oxford University associate professor Malcolm McCulloch (Photo: [...]