NZX Opening Bell

When the idea of investing and money can seem a bit daunting, it’s awesome to see how people like The Curve’s Victoria Harris are breaking down financial literacy gaps by sharing their financial knowledge. Make sure to tune in to our Opening Bell as we discuss common concerns and beliefs of new investors and how The Curve is helping females to become financially savvy.

Diversification is a popular investment strategy to help make portfolios more resilient against the rise and falls of market conditions. In our next Opening Bell podcast, Smartshares Chief Investment Officer, Stuart Miller gives a run down on what ETF’s are, how they work and their growing popularity in the New Zealand market. 

As the number one investing podcast in the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia  and authors of best-seller ‘Girls that Invest’,  Simran Kaur and Sonya Gupthan are on a mission to make the investing world less intimidating for women. As part of our investor education theme for this month, it was truly inspiring to sit down with Simran to discuss the need for more investor education, the huge gap...

In choppy market conditions, investor education has never been so important. To help understand ‘what’s up in the markets’ Craigs Investment Partners' Investment Director, Mark Lister breaks down the current economic climate.  Mark also covers how global events - such as the collapse of SVB Bank - could impact our markets, reminders for investors during higher inflation periods and his predic...

For our next Opening Bell podcast it was a pleasure to have Jarden’s Managing Director, Co-Head of Investment Banking, Silvana Schenone on to cap off a month of profiling influential female leaders across our capital markets.  Silvana has decades of experience as a corporate and commercial adviser. She joined Jarden from top tier legal firm MinterEllisonRuddWatts, where she was a partner and head...

 In this episode of the Opening Bell, we hear from Alex Winning for an update on GDT Auction 326, followed by a discussion with Alex Worker, Managing Director of High Ground Brands, about emerging trends in food technology in New Zealand and around the world, and how New Zealand businesses can invest in these food technology opportunities.

In our next Opening Bell podcast, ASB CEO Vittoria Shortt talks about her journey to becoming a CEO, including the opportunities that have enabled her growth and the leadership traits she's learnt across her career which has shaped her leadership style today. Vittoria also provides insight into important skills needed by Chief Executives and senior leaders to cater for the changing corporate...

As an experienced director and Chair of Air New Zealand and ASB, Dame Therese Walsh has had an extremely inspiring career. Ahead of International Women’s Day, it was a privilege to chat with Dame Therese on her career -  discussing how she built her brand, learnings and opportunities working within a number of sectors and advice she has for females entering the workforce. 

“If it was easy, everyone would do it. We like complex, hard things to tackle because I think we’re pretty good at it.”  As an energy customer it's more than likely you've benefited from Gentrack's service offering - as they provide cleantech solutions to many leading utility providers globally. What you may not realise is the awesome people behind the brand, and it was our pleasure...

It’s a busy time of year for Kiwi Property, who own and develop many iconic shopping malls and buildings across New Zealand. As one of NZX’s largest property companies, it was really interesting to sit down with the company’s Chief Executive, Clive Mackenzie to talk about how they’ve built their portfolio over 30 years, what they look for when purchasing and developing commercial properties, and h...

Inflation, the housing market and rising interest rates. Three key factors impacting New Zealand’s economy, dominating media commentary and shaping many conversations across New Zealand.   We get for many this can be incredibly unsettling (and overwhelming), so to help you understand the current economic climate and what this means as New Zealanders, we had the absolute pleasure of hosting ANZ’s C...

Now more than ever investors are looking into investment opportunities that have sustainability front of mind, so what better time to take the opportunity to talk to Salt Funds Managing Director, Paul Harrison about New Zealand’s first-ever Carbon Fund listed on the NZX.  Providing investors with an opportunity to align to their responsible investment values through access to a price of carbon tha...

As New Zealand’s second largest source of offshore revenue, the New Zealand tech sector has undoubtedly strengthened the diversity and resilience of our export sector. To celebrate both accomplishments within tech, and the launch of Technology Investment Network's (TIN) 18th TIN report, we spoke to the company’s Managing Director, Greg Shanahan on trends within the sector and key findings fro...

Interested to find out more about our next listing? It’s been fantastic working alongside the team at Blackpearl Group ahead of their listing this Friday, and to have the opportunity to speak to the company’s Chair, Tim Crown and CEO, Nick Lissette for our next Opening Bell podcast. Make sure to tune in to find out more about who they are as a company, why the chose to list on the Exchange and the...

It’s always inspiring to hear from a company like Pacific Edge, whose team is driven by a strong commitment to help improve people’s lives and patient outcomes by providing leading solutions for early detection and management of cancer. In our next podcast Chief Executive, Dr. Peter Meintjes talks about the importance of innovation for the ongoing growth and success of the company, and the health...

“We have to listen to children and we have to do the right thing by them, so I sat in a room on my own to make sure that we did the right thing by them” – solarZero CEO, Andy Booth. Earlier this month we were joined by the team at solarZero and Climate Change Minster, James Shaw to mark solarZero becoming the first in the world to trade energy stability services provided by its virtual power plant...

Property for Industry (NZX: PFI) is a company backed by expertise – they know the market and understand industrial tenant’s needs, resulting in a solid portfolio with high quality tenants. Working within a niche sector of property, it was fantastic to sit down with the company’s CEO, Simon Woodhams to find out more behind the inspiration and opportunity behind PFI and what some of their key strate...

“We’ve heard people refer to New Zealand as the worlds food basket and it truly is. We put out incredible produce - incredible primary produce, and we’ve got some fabulous farmers out there.” For our next Opening Bell podcast it was an absolute pleasure to talk to New Zealand Rural Land Company’s (NZX:NZL) Co-Founder & Director, Richard Milsom. Richard takes us on a journey into the inspiratio...

“I’m a standard Kiwi country bloke and to think about how hard it would be to not provide for your family, that just breaks your heart right?” – Wayne Langford.  Nobody should go hungry, so to help raise awareness for World Food Day 2022 this Sunday, 16 November, we sat down with nationally based charity, Meat the Need to highlight some of the company's awesome work in supplying much needed m...

With more New Zealanders engaging with the markets than ever before, investor education has never been so important. For World Investor Week 2022 it was a pleasure to sit down with FMA's CEO, Samantha Barrass to hear about their role as an integral part of our capital markets ecosystem, and some top tips on what to look out for when investing.  

One of the most inspiring aspects of our Opening Bell podcast is having the opportunity to gain insight into the lives of the executives making a positive impact within some of our leading companies on the exchange. Our recent podcast with SkyCity’s CFO, Julie Amey was no exception. Julie has had an interesting career working in a number of finance roles both internationally and domestically and w...

Founded in 2011 to meet the needs of mission-based organizations, Pushpay has remained at the forefront of technological innovation, usability, and customer care. 

Vital Healthcare Property Trust is the only specialist owner of healthcare property listed on the NZX. Vital is managed by experienced healthcare property managers NorthWest Healthcare Properties Management Limited, a subsidiary of a publicly listed healthcare property group based in Toronto, Canada. It’s a niche sector and, with an aging population across Australasia it’s growing. 

Unfortunately, cancer impacts so many New Zealanders, with 71 people diagnosed each day. For our next podcast, we wanted to take a moment to appreciate the Cancer Society - a truly inspiring and altruistic company that is  committed to supporting people with cancer and their whānau. Join us as we hear some inspirational and heartwarming stories from Cancer Society's Chief Executive for Auckla...

Infratil is a company committed to New Zealand - investing in growth sectors so our communities can grow, society can function and that our economy can thrive.  So what do you they look for when they invest in companies?  What are seeing in terms of opportunities and challenges in the investment landscape?  How are they preparing for the future?  Make sure to tune in to our next podcast where we f...