NZX Opening Bell

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 that is typically difficult to achieve on your own, make sure to tune in to find out more about how the fund works and the opportunity within.  

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 exciting opportunities ahead for them. 

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 tech sector as a whole. 

“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 in the New Zealand Electricity Reserves Market. 

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 strategic goals are as they look toward the future.  

“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 inspiration and opportunity behind New Zealand Rural Land as they help grow the future of NZ food production and invest in the future of New Zealand.

“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 meat to City Missions and food banks. 

As a quintessential Kiwi farmer, it was incredibly inspirational to hear Founder and General Manager, Wayne Langford’s motivation to start Meat the Need and how the organisation has teamed up with local farmers, Silver Fern Farms, Fonterra and Miraka among many supporters to help feed families across New Zealand. 

Make sure to join millions of people working together in the fight against hunger by donating to your local food bank this World Food Day! 

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 we really enjoyed the chance to sit down with her to discuss her journey in the industry – including how she learned from challenges and leveraged the opportunities. 

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