Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has launched two new tax scholarships named after Robin Oliver, a leading light in New Zealand tax policy in recent decades. Dunne said the scholarships will benefit New Zealand and its economy by supporting continued high quality tax policy. The Tax Policy Scholarship Award and the Tax Policy Lecture Visit will jointly be known as the Robin …

Fonterra Cooperative Group priced its units at $5.50 apiece, the top end of the range proposed in a bookbuild, with strong global demand ensuring 42 percent of the fund has been sold to overseas investors. Units in the $525 million Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund are scheduled to begin trading on the NZX at noon on Friday, giving liquidity to the Trading …

By Brierley Penn In part two of our focus on Indonesia, we take a look at the challenges presented to those considering doing business in Indonesia. There’s really no way around it – Indonesia is not known as a country in which it is easy to conduct business. The World Bank ranking Indonesia #130 out of 185 countries would seem …