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MARKETWEEK: Looking beyond the current crisis

28.3.26 WARREN HEAD The frequent flurries of uncertainty that are sweeping commodity, currency and equity markets will have the phones ringing in the offices of equity advisors and fund managers. No...
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MARKETWEEK: Kiwi investors adopting a unflustered attitude

21.3.26 Warren Head   The first time I was gripped by petrol prices was when I ran my older brother’s car dry as a teenager; again in 1979, and during the Iraq War … but not since until this...
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MARKETWEEK: Dividend flow will cushion NZ investors

Briscoe Greoup's revenue score is remarkable WARREN HEAD New Zealand equity investors have for the most part held their breath and hope to be breathing out next week – should there be a halt in the...
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Soaring jet fuel costs ground Air NZ guidance

10.3.26 Unprecedented volatility in global jet fuel markets following the recent escalation of conflict in the Middle East, has seen Air New Zealand suspend the earnings guidance it issued on just...
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Equity markets twitchy on Middle East war

PICTURED; Jebel Ali container terminal in the UAE   //    WARREN HEAD Against a background of war breaking out between Israel and Iran, and supply chains tightened financial markets have been...
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MARKETWEEK:Geopolitical events rear across markets

1.3.26  //      Warren Head    // Global markets closed off a volatile February’s trading with another drop in confidence by markets related to the tremendous diversion of capital into the expansion...
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MARKETWEEK:  Market results lean into a turnaround

Auckland Airport Arrivals 21.2.26 //      Warren Head   At the end of a mixed week of corporate results, and an encouraging tone from the Reserve Bank, the NZX equity market brought improved...
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MARKETWEEK: Poised for a torrent of market interims.

South Port result will register improved NZAS 14-15.2. 2026 The December interim report season holds the key to the direction of investor portfolios in the short-term. The report season for some 60...
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MARKETWEEK: Late rally carries the Dow to 50,000

It has been a bumpy ride to peak cycle   7.2.26   //   WARREN HEAD //  Weeks of equity markets being subjected to the uncertainty of ongoing geopolitical riddles, minerals and metals price...
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MARKETWEEK:  Global markets run low on propellant

  //       Warren Head   //   There was a risk-off tone across global equity markets led by US technology stocks over the week. Global equities dragged following weakness in Microsoft’s...
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Headliner NZX Market Report 31.3.26

Mar 31, 2026 | ,

      The NZX market backed up today and steadily climbed to a positive finish 63 points higher at 12,912.11 on the NZX50 Gross Index.  The Aussie market was also brighter, the All Ords index gaining 32.40 to 4589.90. Overnight the US market twisted and...

Heavily discounted equity raise by KMD Brands

Mar 31, 2026 |

31.3.26 KMD today announced an approximately $65.3 million fully underwritten equity raising. The offer comprises: a fully underwritten placement (“Placement”) of new fully paid ordinary shares to eligible institutional shareholders and new institutional investors to...

KMD Brands sales uplift but net loss

Mar 31, 2026 |

31.3.26 KMD Brands Ltd released its interim results - for the six months ended January 31 – today, along with details relating to a $65.3 million fully underwritten equity raising and refinancing of its debt facilities. Group sales were up +7.3% to $505.4 million but...

Fonterra completes sale of Mainland

Mar 31, 2026 |

31.3.26   Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd today completed the sale of its global consumer and associated businesses, Mainland Group, to Lactalis. Chairman Peter McBride says the completion of the sale is a significant milestone which sets the Co-op up for the...

Headliner NZX Market Report 30.3.26

Mar 30, 2026 | ,

The fall-out from the oil crisis sparked by the Iranian War continues to spread with regional sharemarkets dropping back today. This was partly in twitch in reaction to Wall Street’s Saturday sag (NZ Time) and partly because there is growing concern around the risks...

MARKETWEEK: Looking beyond the current crisis

Mar 28, 2026 | ,

28.3.26 WARREN HEAD The frequent flurries of uncertainty that are sweeping commodity, currency and equity markets will have the phones ringing in the offices of equity advisors and fund managers. No matter that experienced advisors are constantly suggesting that...

Govt rolls out fuels plan ‘just in case’

Mar 27, 2026 | ,

27.3.26 While there is currently no need for fuel restrictions, but would be if fuel shipments to NZ peter out, the government is putting the nation onto a readiness footing. ‘the public can be assured that the Government is planning carefully, acting early and making...

NZ fuel stocks remain ‘healthy’

Mar 27, 2026 |

25.3.26 The fuels price spike and associated supply disruption from the Middle East war remains a fast-moving situation internationally. However, MBIE reported in midweek that fuel supply into New Zealand remains stable, and onshore and incoming stocks are healthy....

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