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Bruce'sDebt Eats Equity
The heading of this article is not original to me; it came from Stuart Nattrass, probably during those conversations around the board table. As a long-term board member of South Canterbury Finance, he would know about debt on both the upside and the downside. The dynamics of debt Detail Purchase/hard money Plus 20% growth in […]
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Offers to Investors that are excluded from the FMC
If an investor is not a relative or an employee, a company issuing shares in reliance on any of these exemptions should take the precaution of having their investors certified if they are investing less than $750,000. Failing that make sure you document the exemption you think you are relying on. The major easy ones […]
The foxes aren’t in the hen house… for now.
Following on, I do believe that good people leading good businesses with courage to take risk selflessly present the best invest-able propositions available. The trick is sorting out the good guys from the bad guys. That requires judgement. There are bad guys who are dumb and break the law, no solace for dumb investors. There […]
Bruce rejigs $100m property empire
This article was published on February 2nd 2014 in the Sunday Star Times|Business News. By Greg Ninness Sheppard and his business partner Greg Rathbun are ramping their involvement in the property syndication and venture capital markets. So far the pair have put together property syndicates worth around $100 million and in the last 12 months have […]
End of year thoughts. Rising interest rates.
As sure as night follows day boom follows bust. 2013 feels like a transition year between the lethargy of the GFC and its impact and what comes next. The full impact of the GFC in NZ has been masked by government bailout of finance companies, the Canterbury earth quake, and wide spread government works and […]
Are we different or are we mad?
It has been a long time coming, but finally every partner in our firm is a bike rider. And I don’t mean motor bike riders. I guess that makes us the only CA firm in NZ (excluding sole traders) that has all four of its partners riding bikes, three of which ride now to or […]
