Equity crowdfunding moves away from the public eye
CALIDA SMYLIE THURSDAY MARCH 24, 2016 New Zealand’s equity crowdfunding landscape is changing, with an emphasis on more private and international deals. This year, the only platform to close a deal is Snowball Effect, which [...]
Sheepmilk joint venture to expand after it pre-sold first season’s production
TINA MORRIS WEDNESDAY MARCH 23, 2016 Spring Sheep Dairy, the sheep milk joint venture half-owned by Landcorp, has pre-sold 95 percent of its first season's production as probiotic powders to Taiwan and is looking to expand [...]
From psychiatric hospital to retirement village
Wednesday Mar 23, 2016 It used to be Southern Hemisphere's largest psychiatric hospital - now it is being transformed into a retirement village for hundreds of residents. Speldhurst country estate. Photo / Supplied [...]
Tegel research released ahead of float
By Christopher Adams @chrisadamsNZ Tuesday Mar 15, 2016 Analyst research on Tegel Foods was dispatched to fund managers yesterday as New Zealand's biggest chicken producer gears up for a sharemarket listing. Tegel could be listed on [...]
China Resources buys stake in Scales for $56 million
CALIDA SMYLIE TUESDAY MARCH 15, 2016 Hong-King based China Resources has bought a 15% stake in Christchurch agribusiness Scales Corporation [NZX: SCL] for about $56 million. Scales Corp chief executive Andy Borland China Resources [...]
Here’s What China’s Middle Classes Really Earn — and Spend
Rachel Chang March 10, 2016 China's working population — 770.4 million people — is the largest in the world. But the middle class that dominates its consumer market still only accounts for a tiny fraction of that [...]