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Meridian bonanza tipped

Investors in soon-to-be-floated Meridian Energy could receive a net dividend yield of up to 6.8 per cent, based on analyst valuations.

The power player - Mark Binns

No sooner had Mark Binns taken over as chief executive of Meridian Energy in January last year, than he was confronted with the lowest inflows into its hydro lakes in more than 80 years.

Meridian may be worth $2b less than year ago

Meridian Energy - the jewel in the Government's portfolio of crown assets - may be worth nearly $2 billion less than it was valued at a year ago when it is finally listed.

John Armstrong: Govt baiting the Meridian shares hook

A big questionmark remains as to the wisdom of rushing another and bigger float in a state-owned generator so soon after Mighty River Power, writes John Armstrong.

Govt sugars Meridian deal

The Government has turned up the sweeteners to attract retail investors to the Meridian Energy sharemarket float but analysts say punters need to remain wary of the potential downsides.

Tamsyn Parker: Buyer beware the Meridian float

Markets writer Tamsyn Parker says details for Meridian Energy's share market float provide both a huge incentive and the potential for a huge disaster for investors, writes Tamsyn Parker.

Meridian profit boosted by wind farm sale

Rio Tinto abandons sale of Tiwai Pt, other smelters

Stock Takes: Smelter deal clears way for Meridian listing

Meridian's deal with Rio Tinto to keep the Tiwai Point smelter open until January 2017 has cleared the way for its sharemarket listing.

Meridian IPO managers named

Meridian may be floated in chunks

The Meridian Energy partial privatisation is so large it may have to be split in two, Prime Minister John Key says.

Companies are 'mum & dad' investors

The 113,000 so called "mum and dad" investors who bought Mighty River shares included companies, trusts and investment institutions, Treasury has confirmed.

Editorial: Put Meridian float on hold until doubts are resolved

Not much time has passed since the Government's Budget announcement that shares in Meridian Energy would be the next to be sold.

MRP shares went to just a few - Greens

The Green Party says that shares sold in the recent float of Mighty River Power went to only a small group of investors - and claims of widespread 'mum and dad' ownership are false.

Brian Fallow: Going on with asset sales risky business

What the assets are worth now depends on the future path of electricity prices and the effect that has on the company's cashflows, writes Brian Fallow.

Meridian tougher to sell

The Government will have to bump up the sweeteners to get enough mum and dad investors to buy into Meridian Energy, an analyst says.

No time wasted on Meridian sale

The Government will waste no time selling down Meridian Energy with Treasury officials expected to meet investment bankers on Monday.

Govt sets sights on Meridian

Meridian Energy, New Zealand's biggest and most profitable power company, will be partially privatised later this year, Finance Minister Bill English confirmed in yesterday's Budget.