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NZ Super Fund encouraged to bed in changes, set up derivatives policy

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund, which was set up to partially cover the cost of a ballooning baby boomer pension bill, has been encouraged to bed in a series of organisational changes over the past few years, and implement a new policy managing its investment in derivative products. The two recommendations are included in the five-year review of the fund …

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Quattro IPO back on, as it halves NZ property portfolio, cuts capital raise by 28%

Quattro Income REIT, an Australian asset management company, has resumed plans to list a New Zealand property portfolio, albeit a smaller number of properties, and has shaved nearly a third off the capital it wants to raise in a public offer on the ASX. The Sydney-based investor will seek to raise A$220 million in an initial public offer, from a previously planned A$305 million, selling …

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Vector warns on $80 mln hit from falling electricity consumption, CEO says

Vector, the Auckland lines company, says falling electricity consumption will cost it up to $80 million because of the way it’s regulated, according to chief executive Simon Mackenzie. The lines company’s electricity and gas distribution business is regulated by the Commerce Commission, and the regulator’s forecasting doesn’t recognise declining electricity consumption trends, Mackenzie told shareholders in Auckland. That has translated to a …

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