Statistics New Zealand's latest Food Price Index showed the price of this country's favourite meat had fallen 11 per cent over the 12 months to September to a nine-year low.

Chicago Federal Reserve president Charles Evans jetted into Auckland this week and delivered a message which, when boiled down to

You would hope the private equity industry has learned a thing or two from the collapse of Dick Smith.

NZ King Salmon could have done without an aquatic visitor during a recent tour of its Marlborough Sounds sea farms by institutional investors.

Listed companies usually go to great lengths to avoid confrontational annual shareholder meetings.

Software developer's stock has done well since falling off cliff.

Sportspeople love pulling out the "it's been a journey" cliche when scrambling to say something profound during post-match interviews.

New Zealand's initial public offering pipeline is showing some green shoots after a quiet 18 months.

COMMENT: Rakon shareholders may have been a little perplexed by the remuneration section of the technology firm's annual report, released last week.

COMMENBT: Fu Wah International, which already has plans to build two hotels in Auckland, wants to take a stake in a Kiwi retirement village operator.

There's no doubting that the NZX and the wider investment community would like to see more initial public offers and sharemarket listings.

One thing is for sure - the technology that underpins Bitcoin has got stock exchanges, clearing houses, banks and central banks talking.

COMMENT: The New Zealand sharemarket has a global reputation as a lucrative source of dividends.

COMMENT: Tegel's sharemarket listing could be the most high-profile float the NZX will see this year. But the company is taking a low-key approach to its big day.

Stock Takes; Stocks with exposure to China's booming e-commerce trade have settled down after copping heavy selling.

Could newly listed health supplements maker Oceania Natural be benefiting from the Blackmores effect?

Last month's sharemarket turmoil hasn't prompted the private equity owners of Tegel Foods to chicken out of plans to take the poultry business public.

Back in August, it would have been difficult to imagine the S&P/NZX 50 notching up yet another year of double-digit returns.

Kathmandu hasn't been the only company courting shareholder discontent with questionable pay proposals.

Fonterra boss Theo Spierings wasn't mincing his words this week when asked about rival Synlait Milk's moves to sell cut-price infant formula in China.

The sharemarket's October dream run came to an end this week.

NZX may face the uncomfortable prospect of dropping out of its own benchmark index if its terrible share price performance doesn't improve.

An interesting detail emerged this week regarding the suspect trading in Xero shares that preceded the software firm's February announcement of a $147 million capital raising.

Briscoe Group's takeover push for outdoor equipment and clothing retailer Kathmandu is gaining momentum.

With half of 2015 done and dusted, it's probably a good time to take stock of the sharemarket's winners and losers in the year to date.

One fact is often overlooked amid all the hype about business opportunities in China.

The $1b sharemarket listing of Carter Holt Harvey has been delayed till later this year, amid rumours of a rival bid.

It would be a stretch to suggest trading rooms will fall silent tomorrow afternoon when Finance Minister Bill English enters Parliament to deliver his seventh Budget.

The cut and thrust around Rank's Carter Holt IPO has begun...