Kathmandu hasn't been the only company courting shareholder discontent with questionable pay proposals.

Fonterra boss Theo Spierings wasn't mincing his words this week when asked about rival Synlait Milk's moves to sell cut-price infant formula in China.

The sharemarket's October dream run came to an end this week.

NZX may face the uncomfortable prospect of dropping out of its own benchmark index if its terrible share price performance doesn't improve.

An interesting detail emerged this week regarding the suspect trading in Xero shares that preceded the software firm's February announcement of a $147 million capital raising.

Briscoe Group's takeover push for outdoor equipment and clothing retailer Kathmandu is gaining momentum.

With half of 2015 done and dusted, it's probably a good time to take stock of the sharemarket's winners and losers in the year to date.

One fact is often overlooked amid all the hype about business opportunities in China.

The $1b sharemarket listing of Carter Holt Harvey has been delayed till later this year, amid rumours of a rival bid.

A roll-up of private tertiary training providers is being prepared for a sharemarket float that could value the combined business at up to $250 million, say market sources.

Fonterra's half-year result was a disappointment for farmers and investors in the co-operative's listed shareholders' fund.

Pumpkin Patch shares came off the boil yesterday, ending a three-day rally that had been prompted by the struggling retailer's flagging of the potential for a takeover.

Could 2015 go down in history as the year of the boring sharemarket listings?

New Zealand's latest equity crowdfunding campaign is being pitched to sharebrokers, suggesting the big end of town might have a role to play in the new capital-raising route for small, fast-growing....

Kathmandu's profit warning this week was a shocker, there's no doubt about it.

Martin Aircraft Company has extended its IPO for two weeks as the firm negotiates with a potential investor that could become a cornerstone shareholder.

Kiwi company BurgerFuel has pulled out of Iraq as a result of the increasing threat of the Islamic State jihadist group in that country.

Shareholders in NZX-listed power companies became the first beneficiaries of National's decisive victory in the general election after the market opened on Monday.

Invivo Wines co-founder Tim Lightbourne says an NXT listing is a capital raising option the company is considering.

"A remarkable week." That was how NZX chief executive Tim Bennett, addressing the Gentrack listing event in Auckland on Wednesday, described what has been an eventful few days on the market.

Orion Health is gearing up to carry out a sharemarket listing during the latter part of this year, according to sources.

Investor appetite for speculative software investments doesn't appear to have been shaken by this year's global sell-off of growth-focused technology stocks

Technology firm PowerbyProxi has been entertaining fund managers at its College Hill headquarters, suggesting work towards a potential sharemarket listing is gathering momentum.

It was a tale of two very different technology companies when Gentrack and Serko announced listing plans on Monday.

The NZX will catch up with its counterparts around the world when it launches equity derivatives next month. The exchange operator will offer index futures contracts, which will trade off the NZX20, from June 16.

Technology stocks have been through a roller-coaster of a ride this week leaving investors wondering if it's the start of a crash or just a temporary blip.