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Restaurant Brands sales up 4.2pc
Restaurant Brands lifted first quarter sales 4.2 per cent from a year earlier, as the KFC brand continued sustained growth while Starbucks Coffee and Pizza Hut sales slipped.
!['Heartland' bank launched from Sth Island merger](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
'Heartland' bank launched from Sth Island merger
The banking operations of Pyne Gould, Southern Cross Building Society and the Canterbury Building Society are merging.
![Five gamechangers for our capital markets?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Five gamechangers for our capital markets?
The Capital Markets taskforce believes New Zealand could double the size of its public markets in five years - with a little ambition. Here's some of the potential game changers.
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<i>Stephen Franks:</i> Watchdog must use its teeth
The boss of the FMA must be a confident market regulator, says Stephen Franks.
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<i>Simon Power:</i> Confidence is the trick
Commerce Minister Simon Power wants to rebuild trust in our markets.
![Nothing ventured, not enough gained](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Nothing ventured, not enough gained
The New Zealand market is denying young companies development finance but there is no quick fix solution, writes Graeme Hunt.
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'Cautious optimism' returns to fund raising
The global financial crisis has seen a huge amount of new money raised by New Zealand companies. But where to from here?
![Super Fund shops for Kiwi businesses](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Super Fund shops for Kiwi businesses
The NZ Super Fund is "going hard" on the acquisition trail for stakes in prime NZ assets like rural land, state-owned enterprises, smaller high-growth companies and iwi businesses.
![Still quiet on the NZ M&A front](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Still quiet on the NZ M&A front
The recent acquisition of Shell's downstream assets by infrastructure investor Infratil and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund was a landmark deal.
![Crisis proves golden opportunity for Super Fund](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Crisis proves golden opportunity for Super Fund
Super Fund managers stayed focused on core beliefs.
![Finally, the one-stop financial regulator](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Finally, the one-stop financial regulator
Minister Simon Power believes his reforms will restore much-needed confidence in the financial markets.
![<i>Mary Holm:</i> Excuses don't wash - get in to KiwiSaver](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
<i>Mary Holm:</i> Excuses don't wash - get in to KiwiSaver
About 2.4 million eligible Kiwis have not yet joined the KiwiSaver scheme. And most of their reasons fail to stand up to scrutiny...
![Liam Dann: Trust necessary for a grown-up economy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Liam Dann: Trust necessary for a grown-up economy
New zealand needs stronger capital markets if it is outgrow its economic reliance on agriculture and tourism.
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Rob Cameron: Taskforce's healthy recipe for investment
The Government has responded positively to the Capital Markets Taskforce report. Now the work begins, writes taskforce chairman Rob Cameron.