The New Zealand dollar is trading near a week low on concern about a slowdown in China, the country’s second-largest trading partner. The kiwi recently traded at 77.81 US cents, unchanged from late New York trading Friday, and down from 78.68 cents at the 5pm close in Wellington. During New York trading, the local currency slipped to its lowest in …

The 6.5-magnitude earthquake in Cook Strait last Sunday isn’t expected to lead to big insurance losses, which global financial services firm Credit Suisse expecting it to come in below US$1 billion. Credit Suisse has told investors in its insurance-linked strategies fund, CS IRIS Low Volatility Plus Fund, that the quake was further away from dense populations and lacked the ground …

Infratil, New Zealand’s largest publicly listed infrastructure investor, wants to increase the pool of fees for its directors by 2.3 percent and also raise fees for directors of some subsidiaries. The company will ask shareholders at its annual meeting in Wellington next month to increase the fee pool for its directors to $721,215, from $705,000. It will also seek approval …