NorthWest International Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, the cornerstone shareholder in Vital Healthcare Property Trust, may lift its stake to as much as 24.99 percent from 20 percent by participating in its $39.2 million rights offer. Vital plans to raise the funds through a one-for-10 pro rata renounceable rights issue at $1.275 a share, the manager of the medical …

Mainfreight, the global logistics company, intends mounting a compensation claim against the former owners of Netherlands-based Wim Bosman over the loss of a major customer. The company has “notified the former owner that it intends to bring a claim” but hasn’t started court proceedings, it said in a statement. Mainfreight bought Wim Bosman in 2011 for up to 120 million …

The New Zealand dollar gained as investors were reassured China’s central bank would help ease a credit crunch that sparked concerns about growth in the world’s second-largest economy. The kiwi edged up to 77.30 US cents from 77.16 cents at 5pm in Wellington yesterday. In the past 12 hours, the local currency has traded as low as 76.95 cents and …