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Solar generator Lodestone moves into the electricity retail business

1 week ago | businessdesk.co.nz | Ian Llewellyn |Tina Schirr

Solar electricity generator Lodestone Energy is entering the retail market.
Perennial asset class learnings (and some private lessons)

1 week ago | businessdesk.co.nz | David Chaplin |Cameron Bagrie |Tina Schirr |Pattrick Smellie

Every year, the much-anticipated Mercer's annual "Periodic Table" of investment returns reveals a different plot with the same perennial ending.In the latest edition released last week, for example, David Scobie, Mercer New Zealand principal, wraps up the investment lessons of calendar year 2024 as below:“The unpredictability of capital markets over the short term is a feature that tests investors repeatedly and resonates as we experience the heightened volatility of early 2025.
On death, taxes and the government

Oct 11, 2024 | businessdesk.co.nz | Simon Robertson |Dileepa Fonseka |Tina Schirr |Peter Griffin

One of the United States' founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, famously said nothing is certain in life except death and taxes. This statement couldn't be truer and applies to your working life in New Zealand today, whether as an employee or a business owner. We also live in a world where we work for most of our lives and pay an astronomical amount of tax to the government over its span, only to be met with an untimely death at the end of it all. Death and taxes, indeed.
Transpower fails to sell gas trading platform, closure an option

Oct 10, 2024 | businessdesk.co.nz | John Anthony |Tina Schirr |Oliver Lewis |Ian Llewellyn

New Zealand gas trading platform emsTradepoint faces possible closure after owner Transpower could not find a buyer.emsTradepoint director David Knight said the platform will continue operating until at least September next year, but options for its future, including potential sale or closure, are being considered.Created in 2013, emsTradepoint established a spot market for trading natural gas in NZ.
East Asia Summit shows NZ's 'shallow engagement' with the region

Oct 10, 2024 | businessdesk.co.nz | Dileepa Fonseka |Tina Schirr |Peter Griffin |David Chaplin

When it comes to India and New Zealand, it is clear there is only one boss, and it is not the same guy who used to run an airline.After the prime ministers of India and NZ met, Indian PM Narendra Modi made his opening remarks, and reporters were ushered out of the room by his minders before they could hear NZ PM Christopher Luxon make his.
NZ’s energy sector needs a shock to the system

Oct 10, 2024 | businessdesk.co.nz | Tina Schirr |Peter Griffin |David Chaplin |Paul McBeth

Have you noticed the strain our energy system has been under lately? Beyond keeping the lights on, volatile supply and rising energy prices are affecting businesses and communities across New Zealand. For some industries, this means reduced activity or even shutting up shop.It’s happening in places we don’t often hear about but which have a knock-on effect for most New Zealanders.