DNZ Property Fund, a diversified property investor, reported a 14 percent fall in annual earnings and plans to raise $80 million in a placement to institutional investors and a share purchase plan to help pay for two new acquisitions. Distributable profit, property investors’ favoured measure of earnings which strips out unrealised movements in the value of their portfolios, fell to …

The New Zealand dollar weakened against its US counterpart amid speculation growth in the world’s largest economy may spur the Federal Reserve to reduce stimulus, known as quantitative easing. The kiwi fell to 81.56 US cents from 81.82 cents at 5pm yesterday. The trade-weighted index was little changed at 77.15 from 77.10 yesterday. Investors are looking to Federal Reserve Chairman …

Wall Street gained, touching records, after Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the central bank should maintain its current bond-buying program to help bolster growth. In a speech in Frankfurt, Germany, Bullard recommended the Fed “continue with the present quantitative easing program, adjusting the rate of purchases appropriately in view of incoming data on both real …