Markets with Madison

The scale of retail crime has forced One NZ to close a major Auckland store. Software company Auror explains how its technology is helping businesses fight back. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Precinct Properties spent 12 years and more than $1b on its Commercial Bay development. How it expects to earn off the asset in this economic environment.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

OECD data shows direct foreign investment across borders is declining, as countries become more concerned about their national security. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The newest finance firm, FirstCape, is on a mission to grow individual's retirement savings to ensure we can retire on more than state pension payments.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some of the largest luxury groups are experiencing a decline in demand for designer goods, as shoppers seek deals in the second-hand market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The market is pricing in cuts to wholesale rates this year, but it’s still depending on some statistics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cannasouth ($CBD) claimed to be New Zealand’s biggest medicinal cannabis company. Now, it’s in voluntary administration.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The CEOs of NAB and BNZ explain how their trans-Tasman banking operation works, and who's economy is winning, in this live interview.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the biggest hospitality groups, Savor, has turned its finances around with a relentless focus on margins. Its CEO reveals how much its restaurants like Amano make a week.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Research from Mercer reveals private equity is the best asset of the past decade but there’s an even better performer that was left off the list – Bitcoin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Investors like monopolies, but consumers and Governments loathe them. This episode explores our love-hate relationship with market dominance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand explains how the expansion of money supply and higher consumer prices have eroded people’s purchasing power.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Briscoe Group made an $84m profit while The Warehouse and Kathmandu are in decline. Its owner, Rod Duke, reveals his secret formula for managing stock and avoiding debt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Infrastructure funding requires trillions of dollars every year. Here’s how investment firms Morrison, Macquarie & KKR are making the most of it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian entrepreneur Sam Wood sold his online fitness business in a deal worth NZ$82 million. Now he's chasing DNA testing as the next industry innovation to take off.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ERoad is adopting AI to ensure its business isn’t driven off route by Tesla and other high-tech electric vehicles. Its new co-CEO explains how its vehicle tracking software works. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s been exactly one year since Silicon Valley Bank collapsed after investment losses resulted in a bank run. Why smaller banks are still battling a confidence crisis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ark Invest CIO Cathie Wood believes Bitcoin will one day be a US$20 trillion asset. In this interview, she explains how ETFs and the halving event are boosting Bitcoin’s price expectations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Index and exchange traded fund managers have become market beasts. How BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street overtook investment managers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Commercial property developers are selling assets to pay down debilitating debt as it gets more expensive to service. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Central banks are in a global race to get inflation under control. The Reserve Bank of NZ was first to hike amid the pandemic, but it may be the last to cut. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Warehouse Group just sold Torpedo7 for $1 after buying it for $55.2 million. While Kathmandu’s sales are struggling. Where to now for woeful retailers?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A team effort to boost investor confidence and economic growth is underway in China after Evergrande’s failure. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The just-resigned CEO of the biggest construction company, Ross Taylor, explains how Fletcher Building has lost hundreds of millions of dollars in a matter of years, and if it can ever be fixed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ian Macoun’s firm Pinnacle Investment Management beats the market more than 80% of the time. Learn how to invest from the icon himself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.