The peak agricultural bodies of New Zealand and Australia have united in calling for a truly comprehensive and generally liberalising Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement from day one of implementation. Federated Farmers of New Zealand and the National Farmers’ Federation of Australia are both participating in the TPP negotiations, currently taking place in Auckland. “Liberalisation must result in the elimination …

OceanaGold, which operates the Macraes gold mine near Dunedin, plans to raise up to C$108 million in a fully-underwritten share issue to repay debt and bolster its balance sheet. The Melbourne-based company has agreed to sell 30 million shares to a syndicate of underwriters for some C$93 million, with an option to buy up to an extra 15 percent, it …

Wellington-based Alex Gordon was one of 2,000 entries to the World Financial Modelling Championship. After three rounds, he was one of the world’s top-16 financial modelling minds to attend the New York live finals this past weekend. The competition was fierce and finalists came from all the corners of the globe – from New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Britain, Russia, …