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1 week ago | 
nbr.co.nz | Hamish Mcnicol |Calida Stuart-Menteath
Church and state: NZ’s governance woes not going away ANALYSIS: The small pool of New Zealand directors mean a higher risk of group-think and consensus. Last week, the board of wealth management firm FirstCape met. The firm is chaired by former NZ Super boss Matt Whineray. Its other directors include Bill Trotter, the former executive chairman of Jarden, and Angela Mentis, the former NAB executive and BNZ CEO. FirstCape chief executive Malcolm Want to read more? It's easy.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbr.co.nz | Hamish Mcnicol |Calida Stuart-Menteath
NBR is unashamedly focused on the top end of town, but we also have a proud history of covering entrepreneurs, startups, and small and medium-sized businesses. Just this week, we profiled a Christchurch couple who are still in their twenties and own several businesses in the hospitality and Want to read more? It's easy.
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4 weeks ago | 
nbr.co.nz | Calida Stuart-Menteath |Hamish Mcnicol
NZ directors keeping calm and carrying on amid tariff confusion ANALYSIS: Disruption is the new normal but many experienced directors have already built that into their plans. US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the subsequent fallout is changing daily, proving a major headache for business around the world.
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1 month ago | 
nbr.co.nz | Hamish Mcnicol |Calida Stuart-Menteath
Accounting and independent directors – it’s all about optics ANALYSIS: As two New Zealand firms introduce independent voices to their boards, the rest must consider doing the same. It’s generally accepted that appointing at least one independent director to a board is good corporate governance. For listed companies, it’s a requirement. For private companies, it’s recommended. For partnerships, like accounting firms, it’s increasingly a point of debate. That’s Want to read more?
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1 month ago | 
nbr.co.nz | Calida Stuart-Menteath |Hamish Mcnicol
Trump causes global chaos, and loves it ANALYSIS: Markets slump, recession fears, and the end of the free trade era. Tariffs have the markets in a spin. It’s not even been 36 hours since US President Donald Trump gave his charged ‘Liberation Day’ speech, a rambling hour of patronising puffery, and the world is in a spin. Trump will be loving it. One hour on tariffs and he has managed to dominate the headlines of every news outlet in the world. Want to read more? It's easy.
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1 month ago | 
nbr.co.nz | Calida Stuart-Menteath |Hamish Mcnicol
Nobody trusts anybody any more ANALYSIS: A sense of grievance and distrust is taking hold in New Zealand. What can business do? It is clear the institutional failures of the past 25 years have produced grievances in society around the world, and those with a higher sense of grievance believe that business, government, non-governmental organisations, and media are not doing enough to address deep-seated societal Want to read more? It's easy.
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1 month ago | 
nbr.co.nz | Hamish Mcnicol |Calida Stuart-Menteath
We still don’t know what outcomes-focused regulation is ANALYSIS: But the Financial Markets Authority is very clear about what it’s not: new rules. At about 3pm yesterday, everyone regulated by the Financial Markets Authority breathed a sigh of relief. That’s because their inboxes would have pinged with the arrival of the long-awaited and much-delayed explanation of what the regulator means by “outcomes-focused regulation”. ICYMI, in Want to read more? It's easy.
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2 months ago | 
nbr.co.nz | Hamish Mcnicol |Calida Stuart-Menteath
We still need to talk about name suppression ANALYSIS: It is still too easy for well-resourced defendants to keep their identity secret. Name suppression rules need another look. A year ago, almost to the day, your co-editors wrote a piece called, “We need to talk about name suppression”. That was after the courts forced NBR to take down a story about a businessperson who offers financial advice and was being chased over an alleged unpaid debt.
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2 months ago | 
nbr.co.nz | Calida Stuart-Menteath |Hamish Mcnicol
ANALYSIS: NZME's recently restructured staff feel they haven't had a chance for air, but some big shareholders are interested in what the Canadian oil and gas tycoon has to offer. It’s been a busy old news week, here at NBR Towers. Adrian Orr’s shock resignation, Greg Foran’s shock resignation, NZME’s new shareholder’s shock board takeover attempt … News media navel-gazing aside, this is big news. Depending on the outcome of the director vote, this could affect Want to read more? It's easy.
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2 months ago | 
nbr.co.nz | Hamish Mcnicol |Calida Stuart-Menteath
Scott Simpson’s first order of business ANALYSIS: Australia’s corporate regulator has sounded the alarm about a boom in unlisted investments. Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Scott Simpson. Your co-editor spent a bit of time with financial services folk this week – someone’s got to do it – and invariably what they most wanted to discuss was the future of Andrew Bayly’s ambitious reforms for the sector.
