Broker Craigs Investment Partners has given its picks on some of the possible highlights and lowlights of this month's earnings season.

Sam Morgan, who made his fortune when Trade Me was sold to Fairfax, has built a substantial shareholding in security software developer Wynyard Group.

Nuplex Industries has posted full-year profit growth of 18 percent as the chemicals manufacturer fattened its margin on coating resins in Asia and Europe.

As David Chaplin writes, financial literacy - a major theme of the recent Workplace Savings NZ conference - is tough going.

Ports of Auckland, Napier Port and Icepak have formed a joint venture to develop a $20m freight hub near Palmerston North.

SkyCity Entertainment Group profits have taken a big dive, its normalised net profit for the June 30 2014 year down 8.1 per cent to $123.1 million.

Shares in software developer Vista Group opened up 2.1 per cent following the company's stock exchange debut this morning and have continued to rise.

The sharemarket performance of recent IPOs, in New Zealand and overseas, has been extremely disappointing.

Gentrack - whose shares closed at $2.25 last night, 6.25 per cent below the $2.40 issue price - had been viewed as one of the more dependable technology IPOs this year.

The FMA has contacted the NZX over a blunder that resulted in investors selling shares in Lyttelton Port when they were unaware of a higher takeover price.

Gentrack Group says it "deeply regrets" cutting its guidance so soon after going public, which resulted from a project delay and a payment dispute at two large utility customers.

Katsuyama has done his best to resist responding publicly to misinformation about his company. But in recent weeks, the misinformation campaign has hit a new high (or low).

Investors in $2 billion landlord Goodman Property Trust yesterday questioned its Australian-headquartered manager Goodman Group being paid its annual management fee in units instead of cash.

NZX is reviewing its processes after a blunder resulted in some investors trading shares in Lyttelton Port when they were unaware of a higher takeover price.

Oil prices in New York have tumbled to their lowest level since mid-March helped by unplanned refinery shutdowns in the US midwest.

With its sharemarket listing completed Scales Corporation is poised for expansion, particularly in Asian markets, says managing director Andy Borland.

Shares in Scales Corporation have fallen below their offer price following the fruit marketer’s initial public offering today.

Auckland International Airport has sold US$250 million of bonds at what it says is the lowest borrowing margin for a facility of its kind for a decade.

The Auckland-based company sold 1.3 million shares to the unnamed investors at 38c, a 31 per cent discount to the trading price.

Software company Xero will get to a position this financial year where it can make a listing on a US stock exchange "when the timing is deemed right".