The man who blew the whistle on American Bernie Madoff, and two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigators of massive U.S. insider trading activities, are heading to New Zealand. They will be attending two inaugural events being hosted by the New Zealand Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in February 2013 – one of those, open to the business community. Simon McArley, …

Workers who have relocated to Christchurch at their employers’ expense risk having their accommodation costs treated as income under a new tax department ruling described by one major accounting firm as “a significant and unwelcome change in approach”. The Inland Revenue Department issued a special “Commissioner’s Statement” on the issue today, saying employers will be required to count accommodation costs …

Postie Plus Group has again avoided a breach of its banking covenants and gained a 12-monthextension on its facilities. Bank of New Zealand completed its annual review of the banking facilities,” the Christchurch-based company said in a statement. Postie Plus yesterday flagged potential breaches of its banking covenants for the months of November 2012, January and April 2013. That came …