6 blog posts found
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So you want to be more resilient
Posted: 9 Aug 2018Topic: Biosecurity, Cyber security, Education, Emergency management, Environment, Health, Human capital, Infrastructure, Insurance, Labour force, Living standards framework, Migration, Natural capital, Natural resources, Physical/financial capital, Resilience, Risk management, Skilled workers, Social capital, TradeAuthor:This article is one of a series on the Treasury's Living Standards Framework Get a group of risk practitioners together, and not one of them would contest the statement that we need to be more... -
New Zealand Export Credit Office: Recent mandate and products changes
Posted: 28 Mar 2017This article explains the role of the New Zealand Export Credit Office (NZECO) and sets out the recent changes to NZECO’s mandate and products. Earlier last year, following a review by the Treasury... -
Economic impacts of foreign direct investment
Posted: 16 Aug 2016Topic: Capital, Capital movements, Economic growth, Income, Innovation, International finance, International investment, Investment, National accounts, Productivity, Risk management, Savings, Skilled workersAuthor:In October 2015 the Government published a report, International Investment for Growth, which sets out the benefits of foreign investment for New Zealand. The analysis in this article informed... -
Dividends from Mighty River Power, Meridian Energy and Genesis Energy: part 3 of 3
Posted: 16 Jun 2016Topic: Electricity, Financial markets, Government shareholding, Investment, Risk management, Shares, State owned enterprises, TaxationAuthor:In my previous article on Air New Zealand, I mentioned the concept of risk as being important when considering returns. Risk is also relevant to the discussion about the dividends from the... -
Dividends from Mighty River Power, Meridian Energy and Genesis Energy: part 2 of 3
Posted: 15 Jun 2016Topic: Capital, Electricity, Financial markets, Government shareholding, Industry, Investment, Prices, Risk management, Shares, State owned enterprises, TaxationAuthor:In part 1, I showed that the dividends from the three electricity companies had significantly increased around the time that 49% of their shares were sold to investors, and the companies were listed... -
'Sum Insured' cover for household insurance - what are the risks?
Posted: 9 May 2016Topic: Construction, Econometric modelling, Housing, Insurance, Research, Resilience, Risk managementAuthor:This article sets out the issues arising from the widespread move to 'sum insured' cover for house insurance and assesses the risks this may pose to New Zealand. The move to 'sum insured' cover for...