OpinionFran O'SullivanGlobal leadership needed for prosperityCOMMENT: Five takeaways from the two-day G20 summit from Theresa May's modesty to Jack Ma's chutzpah.06 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanBankers anxiously awaiting Fonterra's financial resultsThere's a lot riding on Fonterra's financial results due out on September 22.31 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Property prices - Canada acts, NZ waitsCOMMENT: An idea for Govt: Slap a foreign property buyers' tax on all transactions made in Auckland.26 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFonterra raring to shake supply shacklesCOMMENT: Growing competition in NZ dairy market means time is right to adopt growth focus.23 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFletcher boost can hold CEO for long haulCOMMENT: Fletcher Building boss Mark Adamson is seriously in danger of morphing into a long-term CEO.17 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Trade, gulags and black boxesCOMMENT: The week has provided plenty to pique an observer's interest.12 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Call to support innovation on buttonCOMMENT: Here's a challenge to NZ directors: Get behind Simon Moutter's call to action to big business to invest in early stage companies.09 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Rules leave investor in 'black box'COMMENT: Shanghai Pengxin chairman Jiang Zhaobai likens the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) to a "black box".06 Aug 02:00 AM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: NZ must raise voice on world stageCOMMENT: New Zealand should grab the opportunity to be at the forefront in creating the new narrative for global trade.31 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Five issues weakening Brand KeyCOMMENT: Here in New Zealand captains of industry are needling Government to show a social conscience on housing.29 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanPassing the TPP is what matters nowCOMMENT: China was the obvious elephant in the room when Joe Biden visited NZ as the Obama Administration moved to assert US supremacy in the region.22 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: A game of plant, nudge then smudgeCOMMENT: Trade disputes are difficult but the allegation of steel dumping by China is playing out more messily than most.19 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanRich-lister sends message to KeyCOMMENT: Stephen Jennings' warning that "we are facing an iceberg" that deserves to shatter business complacency on housing.15 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Memo - This is not a pissing contestComment: John Key and Graeme Wheeler should fix the housing crisis - not point the finger at each other.08 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Ability to look other way to get tougherCOMMENT: It is a scandal that it has taken a Govt inquiry for PM to agree to a crackdown on abuse of NZ foreign trust regimes.01 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Will backlash against elites show up in Oz?COMMENT: John Key will be watching intently as Australia goes to the polls tomorrow to see how fellow political Brahmin Malcolm Turnbull fares.30 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Time for Key to bolster 'bestie'COMMENT: If ever John Key was in a position to help his political "bestie" this is it.24 Jun 08:00 AM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Key's welcome mat for loyal investorsCOMMENT: John Key wants a more practical approach from the Overseas Investment Office when long-term foreign investors buy more assets, writes Fran O'Sullivan.22 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Hint to NZ - Look outside negotiation boxCOMMENT: Kiwis are noticeably chilly about signing up to quick free trade deal especially if agriculture is ignored.17 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Sceptics unmoved by spirit of glasnostCOMMENT: Predictably NZ's free trade sceptics were not impressed with Todd McClay's effort to inject glasnost into the RCEP negotiations.15 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Media marriages leave rest searchingCOMMENT: The Commerce Commission now has two major "media" marriages on its plate and others sure to follow as the sectoral shakeout ramps up.09 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Key thinks cut, but English says saveCOMMENT: Was John Key's brain fart on the tax front an involuntary exercise or was it calculated?20 May 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Politicians hop on housing bandwagonCOMMENT: Hallelujah. The political fix at national level on Auckland housing has finally been made.18 May 07:25 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Merger's ripples bound to spreadCOMMENT: NZME has "first mover" advantage when it comes to the shakeup of the New Zealand media industry.13 May 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Weak measures solve nothingCOMMENT: John Key's calculated punt to threaten land taxes on foreign investors won't solve the Auckland housing crisis.26 Apr 09:28 AM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Dairy top of agenda for China talksJohn Key will put some hefty New Zealand issues on Beijing's radar screen on Monday as he gets down to business with China's top leaders.15 Apr 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Key's vision - Switzerland southCOMMENT: To PM, terrorism simply makes New Zealand more attractive and will result in more high net-worth consumers wanting to come here.25 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Murdoch's tax beef should worry us allCOMMENT: Murdoch has an interest in exposing favourable tax environment enjoyed by the very companies which are siphoning off advertising revenue streams.22 Mar 07:05 PM
BusinessFran O'Sullivan: Memo to Fonterra - Improve your PR, share the painCOMMENT: Gary Romano couldn't resist an indirect jibe at former boss Theo Spierings over the latest PR debacle to afflict dairy giant Fonterra.18 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Fonterra departee delivers final offeringCOMMENT: Next Wednesday will be another major milestone in the NZ dairy industry. Dairy giant Fonterra will unveil its latest results.15 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Questions get even harder for milk giantIt is incomprehensible Fonterra's board could have persistently got it so wrong.08 Mar 07:30 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Problems for unit-holders ring loud and clearI was waspish when MP Nikki Kaye first stirred the pot on the contentious issues of body corporate governance, writes Fran O'Sullivan.19 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanNZ chiefs lag world peers in key drivers of successFran O'Sullivan says no CEO worth his or her salt will get far without confidence in their own (and their company's) ability to deliver on its business plans.18 Feb 06:30 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Time for serious rethink on dairyIt is time for the industry and the politicians to take off their rose-tinted glasses and do some hard-thinking about our major goods export industry, writes Fran O'Sullivan.11 Feb 12:32 AM
