The Auckland-based company Vista, whose technology is used to manage cinema operations in 63 countries, pulled off a solid stock exchange debut yesterday.

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.

For the first time since the global recession hit, it is now easier to find a job in New Zealand than in Australia.

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.

The appointment of former NZX boss Mark Weldon as chief of TV3 owner MediaWorks points towards a future market listing for the broadcasting group, say industry sources.

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.

Former NZX boss Mark Weldon is taking over as CEO of Mediaworks, the company which owns TV3, Four and controls half of the country's commercial radio market.

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.

There were no hints of intervention in the foreign exchange market by the Reserve Bank yesterday despite the New Zealand dollar coming within striking distance of its highest point against the US dollar since floating in 1985.

Cinema software developer Vista Group's sharemarket float will set the company up for its next phase of growth, says chief executive Murray Holdaway.

With Gentrack's sharemarket listing done and dusted, chief executive James Docking says his focus is firmly back on growing the business.

Software company Gentrack has debuted on the stock exchange, with its shares rising 7.5 per cent following the company's midday listing.

Serko shares have fallen below the issue price following the company’s NZX debut this morning.

A rollercoaster morning has seen shares in accounting software firm, Xero, drop by almost ten per cent, before rebounding to a decline of just two per cent.

Fonterra Cooperative Group has tapped the president of its China operations, Kelvin Wickham, to head up the newly created global ingredients

World sharemarkets are in a bull phase and the New Zealand sharemarket is no exception.

There have been a number of recent comments that the NZ sharemarket is overvalued, just as it was in the mid-1980s, writes Brian Gaynor.

The country's next batch of aspiring entrepreneurs have been given a crash course on the realities of business in Auckland this week.

Warehouse boss Mark Powell wasn't afraid to speak candidly about his pay packet with business journalists in Auckland last week.

Companies that want to list and raise money on a new market proposed by the stock exchange won't have to provide investors with prospective financial information.