Brian Henry, a venture capitalist who helped found Diligent Board Member Services, says a Financial Markets Authority suit alleging he manipulated the company’s shares in early 2010 “has no merit” and has already been considered by the FMA’s predecessor. The FMA’s suit contains “six claims alleging certain orders and trades made by Mr Henry in 2010 breached the market manipulation …

The Financial Markets Authority has accused Brian Henry, venture capitalist, of market manipulation of shares in NZX-listed Diligent Board Member Services. Henry was a founding member of Diligent, a company that has been marred by missteps over its administrative disclosures, before he left in March 2009. The FMA’s proceedings “contain six claims alleging certain orders and trades made by Mr …

Partially privatised electricity company MightyRiverPower saw electricity generation and sales fall in the last quarter of the financial year to June 30, although the decline was forecast in the company’s April prospectus. MRP listed on the NZX and ASX in May at $2.50 and was quoted this morning at $2.40. While sales to customers were down 3 percent on the …