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Be wary of the ‘vibes’

NZSA Disclaimer This article, written by Jedrzej Bialkowski and Moritz Wagner from the University of Canterbury is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. NZSA has a longstanding relationship with UC when it comes to researching investor sentiment. Positive investor sentiment doesn’t necessarily match the true value of stocks Jedrzej…
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NZX Limited – 2024 Annual General Meeting Report

Annual Meeting Report, April 18th 2024 Click here for NZSA Assessment and Voting Intentions Metric 2020 2021 2022 2023 Change Revenue $78.4m $88.0m $95.7m $108.4m 13% EBITDA $34.4m $34.4m $35.1m $38.9m 11% NPAT $17.6m $15.0m $14.2m $13.6m -4% EPS1 $0.063 $0.053 $0.045 $0.042 -7% PE Ratio 31 26 27 24 Capitalisation $546m $396m $384m $327m…
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NZME Limited – 2024 Annual General Meeting Report

Annual Meeting Report, April 11th 2024 Click here for NZSA Assessment and Voting Intentions Metric 2020 2021 2022 2023 Change Revenue $335.2m $365.6m $365.6m $347.6m -5% EBITDA $60.9m $52.5m $64.2m $54.6m -15% NPAT $14.2m $34.4m $22.7m $12.2m -46% EPS1 $0.072 $0.174 $0.115 $0.066 -46% PE Ratio 19 5 10 13 Capitalisation $288m $217m $159m -17%…
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Wellington Branch – NZ RegCo highlights its regulatory regime

NZSA Disclaimer On Tuesday evening 9 April 2024, close to 50 members and guests attended a presentation by NZ RegCo at the Khandallah Town Hall. Joost van Amelsfort, CEO, and Philip Solarz, Head of Surveillance delivered exactly what we had promised our members in the invitation to attend – to outline the regulatory regime that…
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Part 1: Property investment options for Kiwis – removing the rose-tinted glasses

NZSA Disclaimer Property investment has a long and storied history in New Zealand. It’s a sector that has thrived in the low-interest rate environment enjoyed by New Zealanders over the last decade and supported by our clear requirement for additional housing and higher-quality commercial property assets. The last few years, however, have seen some cracks…
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Goodman Property Trust Limited – 2024 Special Meeting Report

Annual Meeting Report, March 26th 2024 Click here for NZSA Assessment and Voting Intentions The purpose of the Special Meeting was to consider a proposal (and related resolutions) to internalise its management from Goodman Group (GMG) to a company to be controlled by unitholders, Goodman Property Services (NZ) Ltd. GMT set out the rationale for…
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NZSA Cooks Up a Storm with Frances Cook

NZSA Disclaimer What a privilege it has been to travel around the country to be part of the delivery of Cooking the Books Live with Frances Cook and her panels of women members of NZSA. We set out to facilitate a national conversation, run by women for women, that empowers women by showing what’s possible.…
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Is this a ‘managed PR retreat’ for Agria in PGG Wrightson?

NZSA Disclaimer Guanglin “Alan” Lai probably thought it was in the bag. After all, with Agria’s 44.3% shareholding, it would be tough to overturn a proposal (announced on February 13th) to remove three independent directors from the Board and elect three new independent directors, plus himself. Yet, the recent action by Agria in flexing its…
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Waikato Branch – A night with Craigs Investment Markets on their outlook for 2024

On 20 February 2024, our guest speaker was Dwight Egelhof, an Investment Advisor, with Craigs Investment Partners.  Dwight spoke on the current state of investment markets and what lies ahead for 2024.  Inflation is still above the targets of central banks and their decisions could cause economic activity to slow.  All experts expect decreases in…
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Me Today Limited – 2024 Special Meeting Report

Annual Meeting Report, March 8th 2024 Click here for NZSA Assessment and Voting Intentions The company is proposing a capital restructuring to allow it to finance its non-honey business whilst separating the King Honey business to allow for a future sale. Since acquisition in June 2021 the King Honey business has experienced difficulties due to…
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