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Spark announces sale of remaining shares in Connexa
Asset Disposal, Progress Report
- Dec 12, 2024
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Standard and Poor’s Announcement
- Dec 6, 2024
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This Month
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
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
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
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.
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 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 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
- Opinion
- NBN
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
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
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
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.
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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.
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- 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.
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- Stephen Cauchi
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
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