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Spark New Zealand Limited

ASX Announcements

Becoming a substantial holder

Becoming a substantial holder

  • Dec 17, 2024
  • 4 pages

SPH Notice - Milford Asset Management Limited

Change in substantial holding

  • Dec 13, 2024
  • 2 pages

Market Sensitive

Spark announces sale of remaining shares in Connexa

Asset Disposal, Progress Report

  • Dec 12, 2024
  • 2 pages

Market Sensitive

S&P DJI Announces December 2024 Quarterly Rebalance

Standard and Poor’s Announcement

  • Dec 6, 2024
  • 2 pages

Spark announces appointment of HRCC Chair

Chair Appointment/Resignation

  • Dec 4, 2024
  • 1 page

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This Month

The best and worst ASX stocks of 2024

The stocks that did the most damage in 2024 – and the ones that ruled

One fintech darling has more than tripled in the past 12 months, but the same can’t be said for lithium stocks on the front line of the EV slowdown.

  • Joshua Peach and Joanne Tran

October

Spark NZ’s owns 17 per cent of Connexa, alongside majority holder Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

Ontario Teachers mulls selldown at $1b Kiwi mobile towers; eyes on Spark

New Zealand’s largest telco Spark NZ could sell its remaining 17 per cent stake in its passive mobile towers, sources said.

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

July 2022

The company did not say how it would use the funds, instead deferring any updates on that matter until its results in late August.

Tower sale boom rolls on with $817m SparkNZ deal

Spark’s tower business – dubbed TowerCo – includes over 1200 sites, and the company has entered a 15-year lease-back arrangement with Ontario Teachers’.

  • Lucas Baird
Spark NZ’s hived off 70 per cent of its towers to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

Ontario Teachers wins at Spark NZ towers auction

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is set to buy 70 per cent of Spark NZ’s TowerCo business for $NZ900 million.

  • Jessica Sier, Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Anthony Macdonald

March 2022

Buy, hold, sell: Six stocks supercharging their dividends in 2022

Two fund managers share their views on four stocks that have supercharged their payouts and their two top dividend picks.

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February 2022

All the profit results for February 23, 2022

Results briefing | News and analysis on today’s profit results from Woolworths, WiseTech, APA, Carbon Revolution, Charter Hall Retail, Coronado, Domino’s Pizza, Healius, HT&E, Karoon Energy, McPherson’s, Pilbara Minerals, Scentre, Stockland, Wagners, Worley and Ventia Services.

Spark NZ has about 1500 mobile telcommunications towers that it has moved into a subsidiary called Spark TowerCo.

Spark NZ joins telco towers trade, mandates two banks

New Zealand’s biggest telecommunications group, Spark NZ, has called in the bankers and has asked them to test investor appetite in its new telco towers subsidiary.

  • Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood

February 2021

Afterpay shares have soared almost 300 per cent over the past year before closing at $151.92 on Friday while Zip shares are up almost 250 per cent to $12.35.

Afterpay spearheads ASX’s big valuation test

The buy now, pay later darling is the highlight in a week stuffed full of companies where investors are anxious to understand the exact fallout from the pandemic.

  • Sarah Turner

September 2020

All the retailers will offer the NBN 2.0 solution, but they will continue to invest heavily in 5G and other mobile technologies.

Winners and losers from the NBN fibre push

What does the move mean for telcos and other companies that have built businesses and made investments based on the current state of play?

  • Elio D'Amato

July 2020

Investors Mutual sees echoes of the tech bubble in the buy now, pay later sector.

IML warns buy now, pay later looks like tech bubble

Investors Mutual is shunning the buy now, pay later sector in the small and mid-cap space, saying it's reminiscent of the tech bubble of the early 2000s.

  • William McInnes

June 2020

Jeff Adams, CEO of Metcash.

Buy, hold sell: AUB Group, McPherson's, Metcash, Pacific Current Group

Small-caps can provide dividends to help you offset some of those potential income losses from other parts of your portfolio. These are the ones fund managers are buying, holding and selling.

April 2018

Robert Penaloza at Aberdeen Standard says Australia has some very high quality companies.

Why Aberdeen Standard's Robert Penaloza is warming to bank stocks

Robert Penaloza, Aberdeen Standard Investments' head of Australian equities, sets out his top stock picks in the Australian market.

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  • Sarah Turner

August 2017

Spark New Zealand annual profit climbs 13pc to $NZ418m

Spark New Zealand said its full-year profit jumped 13 per cent and said chairman Mark Verbiest will stand down in November.

  • Updated

January 2016

Global stock pick: Spark NZ

Kiwi telecoms operator Spark New Zealand was seen as an investment basket case a few years ago. Not any more.

  • Updated
  • Greg Smith

June 2015

Citi tips more profit downgrades to come

From banks and miners to retail brands, a Citi report shows many companies are about to pay for their sins this confession season.

  • Updated
  • Stephen Cauchi
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November 2014

Rich pickings but filter your company selection to criteria

Every portfolio should include shares, about that there is little doubt, but the process of selecting stocks is often overlooked. The investment media will quote analysts and brokers, but it’s not unusual to hear widely disparate views on the same company.

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  • Trevor Hoey

June 2003

Entrepreneur learns from his own curve

A dotcom high-flyer believes he has lessons to pass on, writes John Davidson.

  • John Davidson

June 2002

Fast facts

Nokia ups profit forecast

  • SOURCE: Bloomberg; AAP; Wall Street Journal

February 2002

Spike to raise capital for grand plan

Spike Networks has embarked on an ambitious expansion plan and is expected to approach capital markets within weeks seeking to raise between $10 million and $20 million.

  • Katrina Nicholas

January 2002

Spike strikes out

A high-flying e-tech company that fell on hard times is rebuilding its corporate strength

  • Brad Howarth

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