New Zealand business confidence advanced for the first time in eight months in October, rebounding from a two-year low as certainty returned following last month’s general election. The New Zealand dollar rose after the survey was released A net 26.5 percent of firms are optimistic business conditions will improve in the coming year, up from a net 13.4 percent last month …

NZX, the New Zealand stock exchange operator, said third quarter revenue growth almost halved from the year earlier pace as activity slowed ahead of September’s general election and the number of new listings declined. The Wellington-based company said revenue rose 6.7 percent to $16.5 million in the three months ended Sept. 30, lagging the year earlier’s 12 percent pace. New capital listed over the latest …

Sanford, the country’s biggest listed fishing group, has expanded its management team to kick off structural changes under new chief executive Volker Kuntzsch. The Auckland-based company’s senior managers are chief operating officer Greg Johansson, chief financial officer Clement Chia and chief people officer Claire Walker, rounded out by Kuntzsch, who took over the top job in December last year. The appointments …