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7 Jul 2025

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SKT - Sky appoints new Chief Financial Officer
Sky has today announced the appointment of David Mackrell to the position of Chief Financial Officer

Afterburner AI cuts paperwork, streamlines mortgage advice process
With upcoming Afterburner tech, the founders’ business, Float Mortgages, will be able to process up to three times the mortgage applications in half the time, they say.

Damien Grant: Why climate change reporting is achieving nothing
OPINION: It is an absurdly onerous regime that achieves nothing and yet the business community has quietly acquiesced.

'Taken away my life': Companies fined after workers collapse in toxic gas pit
Paul Smith Earthmoving and Taylorville Resource Park Limited split more than $685,000 in fines, fees and reparation.

TruScreen Group Limited SPP Update
TruScreen Group Limited (TruScreen or Company) (NZX: TRU, ASX: TRU) – Update on the Allocation of Share Purchase Plan (SPP) Shares

The OCR gravy train is slowing
Common expectations among economists is the OCR will not budge from 3.25% at next week’s RBNZ meeting.

THL provides updated guidance
Tourism Holdings Limited (NZX:THL, ASX:THL, “thl” or “the Company”) today provides updated guidance for underlying net profit after tax (uNPAT) in FY25

US stocks set another record and yields leap on signals the US economy is solid
The S&P 500 rose 0.8% and set an all-time high for the fourth time in five days.

CEN - Greymouth gas deal
Contact Energy (Contact) has reached a seven-year gas supply agreement with Greymouth Gas New Zealand Limited (GGNZ Ltd)

Personal branding is all about getting out on the dance floor
Tickled Pink coach Rochelle Moffitt works with clients who understand their personal brand is the bedrock of their professional success. One is even planning to be prime minister one day.

Queenstown landlord fined more than $113,000 for operating unlawful boarding house
Landlord ordered to repay rent to 22 tenants, many of them migrant hospitality workers.

Adviser feedback spurs AIA coverage updates
Changes included buyback options for life cover and an expanded out-of-hospital cardiac arrest definition.

Trump’s finances were shaky. Then he began to capitalise on his comeback
NY Times: Records suggest his riches were not the product of a steady and strong empire.

Tech CEO scraps unlimited holiday: ‘Bad employees take too much off’
The CEO said the policy “led to A-performer burnout and B-performer luxuries”, as they holidayed more.

Why have your electricity bills gone up?
Are you paying more for your electricity? If so, you are not alone, as widespread price increases hit consumers hard.

CDC Independent Valuation - 30 June 2025
The 30 June 2025 independent valuation of Infratil’s investment in CDC shows an increase of A$148 million over the three months since the 31 March 2025 valuation

Trump is set to cement a budget-busting legacy, adding to the national debt
The president’s Republican allies in Congress have approved a second sweeping tax cut that will deepen the nation’s fiscal imbalances for years to come.

The great Bitcoin power shift has large holders dumping 500,000 coins
Despite a flurry of bullish headlines, from corporate treasuries embracing Bitcoin to the Trump administration’s full-throated crypto endorsement, the largest digital currency has remained stuck in its trading range for months.

Trump aims to shut trade loopholes China uses to evade tariffs
The US president’s two-tiered trade deal with Vietnam aims squarely at practices China has long used to skirt US tariffs.

Mortgage arrears still challenging
Data from credit bureau Centrix and the RBNZ show different pictures for mortgage arrears.