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Brent Melville

New Zealand

Senior Financial Journalist at The National Business Review

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  • 1 week ago | nbr.co.nz | Brent Melville

    Law The market regulator’s case against the failed townhouse developer and its founders has already dragged on for more than 10 months, with no charges in sight.

  • 1 week ago | nbr.co.nz | Brent Melville

    Law The informant who supplied evidence to the market regulator was unreliable and had been subject to a legal complaint, Du Val lawyer says. Ron Mansfield KC, the lawyer for Du Val founders Kenyon and Charlotte Clarke, wants the receivership and travel ban on his clients lifted ahead of any formal charges against the founders of the failed townhouse developer. In the second day of a High Court hearing on Tuesday, in which the Financial Want to read more? It's easy.

  • 4 weeks ago | nbr.co.nz | Brent Melville

    Tech the last to go, as WFH becomes ‘so last week’ ‘There was a big rush to downsize quickly and now everyone’s coming back, so it could be an interesting few years,’ IWG country manager says. Back to the office for work for AWS global and NZ staff. Amazon Web Services’ ‘return to the office’ edict across the cloud computing giant’s 33 geographies reflects the end game for the tech sector’s post-pandemic remote working experiment.

  • 4 weeks ago | nbr.co.nz | Brent Melville

    Port not a ‘revenue tap’ to turn on and off – freight sector Sector accuses Auckland Council of overreach as the country’s second-largest port surprises freight companies and port users by ramping up port access charges. Port of Auckland. The freight sector has taken issue with the Port of Auckland and its Auckland Council owner after the port suddenly ramped up its port access charges, which are now due to peak at $230, or 77% above current levels.

  • 1 month ago | nbr.co.nz | Brent Melville

    Goodman and Mercer take $350m stake in Highbrook fund Hiving off a minority stake in Highbrook Business Park seen as a more attractive option than an equity issue. Highbrook Business Park. Fund manager Mercer and property investor Goodman Group will take $150 million and $200m stakes respectively for a minority 27.7% of a new Highbrook Fund from Goodman Property Trust (GMT).

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Brent Melville
Brent Melville @BrentMelville
31 Mar 23

New Zealand’s only ‘more than 5-star’ hotel is on the market though founder Kevin Carlin and his team come as part of the deal. #hotel #queenstown https://t.co/1boRzNn2FT

Brent Melville
Brent Melville @BrentMelville
28 Feb 23

Investors into Du Val Capital Partners’ mortgage fund don’t really know where to turn as it has shut off the interest tap ahead of a restructuring and questionable IPO. Eyes now must really be on the FMA to see how they react to a…https://t.co/f6jeHL88eU https://t.co/JkBgN9GWZk

Brent Melville
Brent Melville @BrentMelville
10 Jan 23

Startling revelations from the Otago Regional Council that it is clipping a surcharge on Queenstown-Lakes ratepayers, of $600,000 a year, to cover off potential 'losses' of running a decent public transport system in Whakatipu. Mon…https://t.co/j4n7LNW96m https://t.co/t6N8u1FR5x