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Musical chairs at Genesis Energy as Trustees Executors becomes bond trustee

Genesis Energy, the state-owned energy company, has called a meeting of investors in its hybrid bonds to replace the trustee installed by the Financial Markets Authority with the Jim Bolger-chaired Trustees Executors. In September, the FMA appointed Corporate Trust as trustee for the debt for a period of six months after declining to issue a licence to existing trustee Perpetual …

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Warehouse almost doubles 1H profit on property sales, dividend beats expectations

Warehouse Group, which this week bought a majority stake in online retailer Torpedo7, almost doubled net profit after selling properties as part of leaseback arrangements, and will pay a bigger interim dividend than analysts were expecting. Net profit climbed to $106.5 million, or 34.2 cents per share, in the six months ended Jan. 27 from $54.2 million, or 17.4 cents, …

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Third quarter listing mooted for Z Energy

Three years after taking over Shell New Zealand’s petrol refining, transport and retail operations, Infratil and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund are looking to float between 40 percent and 60 percent of Z Energy on the NZX in the third quarter of this year. The announcement comes at the start of an Infratil investors’ day, and reflects in part the …

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