Private equity investor Direct Capital is on the hunt for acquisitions after raising $375 million for its latest fund.

Community action group vows to take retirement giant Ryman to the Environment Court over Devonport development.

Broker a bit surprised to see Air NZ shares slip but notes light volumes.

Stockmarket drops amid light trading.

Some Devonport residents opposed Ryman Healthcare's proposed retirement village that would provide accommodation for up to 400 people.

Wall Street set the tone for the Asian trading session

Ryman plans to build a non-complying project on a greenfields ex-navy site in Devonport.

Earthquake damage at a retirement village has forced the company to demolish an entire block of 40 units.

Investors need to consider the increasing debt being taken on by some retirement village operators, according to a report.

NZ's biggest listed retirement village operator Ryman, has set up its own precast concrete factory, as delays hit one of its big building project.

New Zealand shares dipped for a second day in a row yesterday, led lower by A2 Milk Co and Steel & Tube Holdings while Fletcher Building rose on construction expectations.

Staff at NZ's biggest retirement village operator are getting a big floral makeover: "Eat your heart out, Air New Zealand!"

Ryman Healthcare posted another record full-year profit, rounding out 14 straight years of earnings growth as NZ's largest retirement village operator.

Ryman Healthcare posted a 23 per cent gain in first half profit.

More than 11 new retirement villages will need to be built annually to cater for our aging population.

Retirement giant Ryman Healthcare has released the first image of a $100 million North Shore village on a site where hundreds of people will live.

Net profit margin is a key figure for any company -- and one for investors to consider before deciding where to put their money

Things are booming at rest-home builder and operator Ryman Healtcare, with profits growing and a pipeline of new villages underway.

Ryman Healthcare posted a 24pc gain in annual profit to $241.9m as the value of its properties increased and revenue rose.

Ryman Healthcare has the green light for a $100 million Pukekohe retirement village for about 400 people south of Auckland.

Neighbours have failed to stop Ryman Healthcare getting consent for a $100 million-plus village between Greenlane and One Tree Hill.

New Zealand shares rose yesterday, heading back towards a record high after a two-day slide.

An excellent communicator albeit with a quietly confident manner, highly successful but without any arrogance, an affinity with those moving into quiet retirement but with a love of hard-rocking Shihad - Ryman Healthcare boss Simon Challies.

A neighbour is opposing a new Auckland Ryman Healthcare village, saying views will be blocked and roads jammed with traffic when hundreds of elderly people move in.

Simon Challies of retirement village operator Ryman Healthcare has been named executive of the year and Air New Zealand company of the year at the Deloitte Top 200 Awards.

Simon Challies masters the detail and has "devoted himself to this company for a long, long time with great results for Ryman Healthcare."

Ryman Healthcare's application to build a retirement village in Greenlane has drawn strong community reaction both for and against the $100 million-plus project.

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