MARKETWEEK :   Large caps headline March results

    Warren Head The flow of March year half and full year company results for NZX issuers clearly shows that the national economic recovery was on track just prior to the disruption...

MARKETWEEK:   Markets wary as high stakes talks vague

Presidents Xi and Trump in Beijing 16.5.26     //                         Warren Head Major markets have taken heart that China and the United States are talking to each other even if details...

MARKETWEEK: Markets shrug off geopolitical fog

10.56.26   //                                             WARREN HEAD Wall Street markets went into record-busting overdrive last week on the smell of an oil rag – but by the weekend had run out of...

MARKETWEEK : No sign of torpor on NZ market

Dubai airport - at the core of a global aviation hub.   2.5.26                                                                            //    Warren Head    // The first few days of...

MARKETWEEK:    Markets seek a respite from the carnage

  Warren Head American stockmarkets have euphorically welcomed an apparent re-opening by Iran of the Strait of Hormuz through which 20% of the world’s oil supplies normally sail. The new state...

MARKETWEEK: Wave of exuberance hits high water

\\     Warren Head \\ Optimism over the midweek ceasefire in the Middle East war flowed into downright exuberance on Wall Street but was then overtaken by fresh uncertainty about the fragility of...

MARKETWEEK: NZX market holds a tight trajectory

Lift-off for Artemis II    --- //    Warren Head   // The New Zealand sharemarket is running at a nice relaxed pace, not super quick nor super slow, and clearly not panicked by what may be an...

MARKETWEEK: Looking beyond the current crisis

28.3.26 WARREN HEAD The frequent flurries of uncertainty that are sweeping commodity, currency and equity markets will have the phones ringing in the offices of equity advisors and fund managers. No...

MARKETWEEK: Kiwi investors adopting a unflustered attitude

21.3.26 Warren Head   The first time I was gripped by petrol prices was when I ran my older brother’s car dry as a teenager; again in 1979, and during the Iraq War … but not since until this...

MARKETWEEK: Dividend flow will cushion NZ investors

Briscoe Greoup's revenue score is remarkable WARREN HEAD New Zealand equity investors have for the most part held their breath and hope to be breathing out next week – should there be a halt in the...

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HEADLINER NZX Market Report 3.6.26

The NZ sharemarket has drifted off again into a drizzle of limp movements, with the NZX50 faltering by 55.63 points to 13,115.08 on the NZX50. There were 43 falls to 41 gainers, the declines mostly a cent or two only. Yet at this placid pace, the index will be back...

Pacific Edge capital raise over-full

  Cancer diagnostics company Pacific Edge has made a well oversubscribed capital raise. It targeted a raise of $31.4m, at $0.17 per share, based on a NZ$25.4m placement and a $6m retail offer, with the ability to accept over-subscriptions at PEB’s discretion. The...

Death of MOVE founder

3.6.26 MOVE Logistics Group advised that founder and former managing director, Jim Ramsay, has passed away. The company stated, “ Jim was a pioneering figure in the Zealand trucking and logistics industry, and his vision and leadership helped shape MOVE into the...

Ryman considers bond offer

3.6.26 Ryman Healthcare is considering an offer of 6 year fixed rate, secured, unsubordinated bonds (Bonds) to institutional investors and New Zealand retail investors. The Bonds will be unsubordinated obligations of Ryman, and will have the benefit of a guarantee and...

HEADLINER NZX Market Report 2.6.26

  The shortened trading week began with some dramatic events on NZX but being associated with midcaps they did not prevent the NZX50 from slipping 73.84 points to 13,170.71 American markets were actively higher overnight, as A.I. fever surfaced again and the...

Transition at Fonterra

2.6.26 Fonterra Co-operative Group’s Chief Innovation and Brand Officer, Komal Mistry-Mehta, has decided to leave the Co-op in October 2026, concluding a 15-year career with the business. Fonterra CEO Richard Allen acknowledged her significant contribution to...

Green Cross plans medical division sale

2.6.26 Green Cross Health has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement to sell its Medical division (trading as The Doctors) to Tend Health. The transaction is valued at $270 million, subject to certain adjustments, including for net debt and net working...

Air NZ increases capacity

2.6.26 Air New Zealand reports that group capacity increased 2.4% in April compared with the prior year. Long-haul ASKs rose 0.3%, while domestic capacity increased 2.2%, supported by two additional A321 aircraft in operation compared with April last year. This was...

Heartland & TSB plan merger

2.6.26 Increased scale is the objective of a merger of NZX-listed Heartland Bank and TSB Bank sprung on the market when NZX opened this morning. Heartland Group Holdings (NZX/ASX: HGH) has signed a conditional merger implementation agreement (MIA) with Toi Foundation...

MARKETWEEK :   Large caps headline March results

    Warren Head The flow of March year half and full year company results for NZX issuers clearly shows that the national economic recovery was on track just prior to the disruption triggered by the start of the Iranian War. Since then we have had eight...

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