NZX dairy futures drop sharply in response to co-op’s plan to put more product up for auction.

Panasonic's shares jumped after the company forecast profit will climb 23 per cent next fiscal year to the highest since 2008 on demand for housing and car information and entertainment systems.

Pumpkin Patch shares came off the boil yesterday, ending a three-day rally that had been prompted by the struggling retailer's flagging of the potential for a takeover.

Shares in children’s clothing retailer soar after ‘third parties’ show an interest.

Auckland-based Salt Funds Management has been appointed as the external manager of AMP Capital's $690 million active New Zealand equities portfolios.

Fast-growing wine company Invivo Wines raised more than $1 million in the space of a few hours after its equity crowdfunding campaign opened yesterday.

Paying chief executives big performance bonuses worth millions of dollars doesn't necessarily result in gains for shareholders, according to new research.

Former Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers has been released from bankruptcy by the High Court but is banned from managing a business in this country for the next seven years.

New Zealand's latest equity crowdfunding campaign is being pitched to sharebrokers, suggesting the big end of town might have a role to play in the new capital-raising route for small, fast-growing....

Mark Bryers is running out of time to get back on his feet, his lawyer told a High Court hearing seeking to discharge the former boss of Blue Chip.

A$147 million capital injection from North American investors will buy Xero some breathing room as it forges on with international growth ahead of a potential sharemarket float in the United States, says an analyst.

A partner with a top law firm says up to 20 sharemarket floats could take place this year.

Shares in Xero have jumped 24 per cent in the past week, amid speculation a large seller has left the market.

The newly privatised Australian firm Medibank Private has started flexing its muscles, leaning on hospital providers to lower their charges in a tough market for insurers.

Delegat Group, New Zealand's largest listed wine company, said first-half operating profit rose 1 per cent and it was on track to meet guidance for full-year case sales and earnings.

An international investor has become a shareholder in Auckland-based fund manager Castle Point Funds.

Kathmandu lost more than a quarter of its market value yesterday after investors punished the outdoor retailer for poor Christmas and New Year trading that will result in a first-half loss.

Kathmandu's stock slumped 19 per cent to a two-and-a-half year low after the outdoor goods retailer said Christmas and January trading lagged behind expectations.