Shares in utility firm Meridian Energy leapt a further 10 percent, pushing New Zealand’s benchmark equity index higher.

Rob Everett has been chief executive of the FMA since February 2014. Originally from the United Kingdom, he was previously a director in London with Promontory Financial Group, a regulatory consultancy. Before that, he spent 17 years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Europe, Asia and North America. He has an MA in law from St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge, and is married to a New Zealander.

The New Zealand dollar reached a fresh two-and-a-half-year high as the greenback flagged with investors backing risk-sensitive assets, wagering the global economy will improve as vaccines are rolled out.

The expansion of the US fiscal stimulus helped New Zealand's share market extend its Christmas Day rally with Meridian Energy leading the market deeper into record territory.

New Zealand's main share index rose for a third day in a short Christmas Eve trading session, with A2 Milk continuing its recovery as it finalised terms to buy Mataura Valley Milk.

Blue-chip companies including Ebos Group, Mainfreight and Infratil hit all-time highs today in the last full trading day before Christmas.

New Zealand’s share market outperformed Asian bourses as blue-chip stocks Meridian Energy and A2 Milk bounced back from recent weakness, and a weaker kiwi underpinned exporters including Fisher & Paykel Healthcare.

The New Zealand dollar dropped more than half a US cent and the local share market was sold off as a new round of covid lockdowns spooked investors around the world.

New Zealand’s benchmark equity index tumbled as one of its biggest stocks, A2 Milk Company, lost a fifth of its value after a second earnings downgrade.

An historic bounce in New Zealand’s gross domestic product buoyed investors' sentiment spurring equities and the kiwi dollar higher.

Most New Zealand shares bounced back from Tuesday’s moment of weakness as financial market sentiment swung back towards optimism overnight.

New Zealand's main share index fell with other Asian bourses, as the local market caught up with souring economic sentiment triggered by the spread of covid-19 globally.

The New Zealand share market started the last full trading week of a tumultuous year on a weaker note as Fisher & Paykel Healthcare pulled it down from a record high.

New Zealand's main share index rose to a new record as a volatile Fisher & Paykel Healthcare bounced back from a three-month low amid record high covid cases in the United States.

New Zealand's main share index and the kiwi dollar both edged lower with investors hitting pause on a two-month strong run caused by buying risk assets in hopes of global economic recovery.

New Zealand’s benchmark equity index hit a new record as Infratil shares surged following revelations overnight that a major Australian pension fund was bidding to buy the firm.