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Governance Insights147 Reports

Pre-built analysis reports to identify patterns, spot risks, and surface opportunities across New Zealand's listed companies

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The five most essential reports — if you're new, begin with these

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NZX Governance League Table

A data-driven ranking of all NZX companies by their Governance Risk Score (v2.0)

A key starting point for understanding governance quality across the NZX. See where any company ranks and what drives the score.

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Governance Red Flags Report

Companies with multiple governance indicators below common thresholds. Flags include: low board independence (<50%), no female directors, failed resolutions, directors with 12+ year tenure (NZX independence threshold), and low GRS scores (<50).

Companies with multiple governance indicators below common thresholds. Designed to surface risk before it becomes a portfolio problem.

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Whale Tracker: League Table

Performance rankings of substantial shareholders - who made the most (and lost the most) trading NZX stocks

NZ's biggest investors ranked by P&L. See who's winning, what they hold, and where institutional capital is moving.

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Board Skills Matrix

Board skills assessment across NZX companies — 12 categories aligned with IoD NZ, ASX CGC, AICD frameworks. Gap analysis and coverage insights.

Assess any board in seconds. See what skills are present, what gaps exist, and how the board compares to sector peers.

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Frequently accessed insights and analysis reports

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Whale Monthly Trading Patterns

Which months do substantial shareholders typically buy and sell NZX stocks? Historical trading patterns revealed

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Pay for Failure: Remuneration vs Returns

Directors whose remuneration increased while company returns were negative

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Shareholder-Aligned Directors

Directors whose remuneration remained modest during periods of strong company performance

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Notable Directors

Directors with honors (Sir, Dame) and high-profile leaders serving on NZX boards

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Director Over-boarding Watchlist

Directors serving on 4+ NZX boards (potential time commitment concerns)

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Top Earning Directors (All Time)

Highest earning NZX non-executive directors ranked by total board fees (excludes CEO/executive compensation)

Sector Analysis: How They Make Money

Interactive financial breakdowns showing revenue flows, operating costs, and profit margins

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Utilities Sector

Compare Contact Energy and Mercury with interactive Sankey diagrams showing revenue streams, operating costs, EBITDAF, and net profit margins

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Whale Trading & Performance

Track substantial holder activity — track who is buying, selling, and winning across NZX stocks

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Whale Sector Performance

Which sectors deliver the best returns for substantial shareholders? Win rates and P&L by industry

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Whale Holding Patterns

Optimal holding periods and win rates - when do substantial shareholders lock in profits?

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Whale Monthly Trading Patterns

Which months do substantial shareholders typically buy and sell NZX stocks? Historical trading patterns revealed

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Coordinated Trading Detection

Detect notable patterns when multiple institutional investors enter the same stock within the same timeframe

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Whale Co-Investment Network

Interactive network showing which institutional investors co-invest in the same stocks

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Whale Performance vs Market Benchmark

Alpha vs Beta analysis - which whales generate excess returns independent of market movements?

Governance & Risk

Identify governance risk before it shows up in the share price

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Regulatory Enforcement & Prohibited Directors

Track FMA, Commerce Commission, and NZX enforcement actions against listed companies. Includes prohibited directors from Companies Office.

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Court Litigation History

Track court cases involving NZX-listed companies and their directors from High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court. Includes case type, outcome, damages, and party roles.

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Director Track Record & Failure Rate

Analyse NZX director company histories and failure rates. Track associations with companies that entered liquidation, receivership, or were struck off the register.

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NZX Political Connections

Parliamentary interests, gifts, and political donations involving NZX-listed companies and directors. 32 companies with MP connections, 7 NZX-linked political donors.

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Government Procurement Intelligence

NZ government contract data from GETS — top suppliers, spending by agency, NZX-linked suppliers, Kanoa regional development funding, and potential conflicts of interest.

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Conflict of Interest Detection

Cross-reference councillor and MP interest declarations against government procurement contracts, political donations, and NZX directorships. Surfaces potential conflicts for public accountability.

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Select Committee Activity

Track NZX-listed company engagement with NZ Parliament select committees. Reports, submissions, and parliamentary oversight of listed companies.

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Board Demographics & Diversity

Director age, tenure, and diversity analysis across the NZX market. Track gender representation, independence ratios, tenure distributions, and generational trends.

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First-Time Chair Tracker

Track directors stepping into their first board chair role on the NZX. Monitor new chairs, their backgrounds, and how first-time chairs compare to experienced chairs.

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Executive Performance Leaders

Ranking of NZX executives (CEOs and CFOs) by stock performance during their tenure

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Best Value Executives

Executive pay efficiency rankings - return per million, excess return per million, and value created ratio

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Compliance Calendar

Rolling NZX regulatory deadline tracker — annual reports, half-year reports, preliminary announcements, and AGM deadlines for all listed companies

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Board Gap Analyzer

Identify board skills gaps, diversity shortfalls, independence risks, and the ideal next director profile for any NZX company

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AGM Language Intelligence

NLP analysis of Chair/CEO AGM speeches — sentiment, conviction, transparency, and forward-looking language scored and ranked

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LIS Reality Check — Speech vs Performance

Compare AGM speech sentiment against actual stock returns and financial results. Identifies over-optimistic and under-selling leaders.

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Corporate Language Tracker

Track trending buzzwords across NZX corporate communications — when did companies start talking about AI, ESG, climate, diversity, and more?

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Corporate Language vs Stock Returns

Does "going woke" affect NZX stock performance? Data-driven analysis correlating ESG, diversity, Te Ao Māori and sustainability language adoption with stock returns — sub-category breakdowns and size-adjusted results.

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AGM Calendar

Track upcoming NZX annual general meetings with proxy advisory recommendations and pre-vote intelligence

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Peer Mentions Network

Cross-company references in NZX announcements — which companies mention each other, sector interconnections, and relationship mapping from 62,000+ documents

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IR Quality Score (IRQS)

Data-driven disclosure quality scoring for all NZX companies. 5 dimensions grounded in OECD, CFA, S&P, and NIRI frameworks: timeliness, completeness, readability, frequency, governance transparency. Per-issuer trajectories track improvement over time.

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Activist Investor Targeting

Identifies NZX companies potentially vulnerable to activist campaigns based on governance risk, capital allocation, and financial weakness signals.

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Fund Manager Voting Records

How NZ fund managers actually vote on NZX company resolutions. Compare voting patterns across Harbour, Devon, Mint, Fisher, and NZ Super Fund.

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Audit Independence & Market Analysis

NZX audit market concentration, auditor tenure, fee trends, non-audit service ratios, and director-auditor independence cross-references for governance transparency.

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Risk Language Tracker

8 risk categories scanned across 64K+ announcements — track how risk disclosure evolves per company

Directors & Leadership

Understand who is running NZ companies — skills, tenure, networks, and career paths

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SOE Board Network

Network connections between directors who serve on State-Owned Enterprise boards

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Public Entity Board Network

Network connections between directors who serve on public entity and government boards

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Iwi Governance Network

Network connections between directors with Iwi governance experience

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NGO & Non-Profit Board Network

Network connections between directors who serve on NGO and non-profit boards

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Board Fee Trends: Above & Below Average

Which NZX companies consistently pay above or below market rates for director fees over time?

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Board Meeting Attendance

Track which directors show up to board meetings - perfect and poor attendance records

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Board DNA

Board composition archetypes across NZX companies — Modern Governance, Old Guard, Committee-Driven, Fresh Board, Credential-Heavy, Traditional. Skills, qualifications, and committee patterns.

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Who Knows Who

Director network connections — most connected directors, serial board members, board-to-board links, director bond pairs serving together on multiple boards.

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Common Career Paths

Most frequent previous employers among NZX board directors

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University to Board Pipeline

Educational institutions feeding directors to NZX boards

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University Performance on NZX Boards

Which universities produce the best-performing directors? Compare alpha, board fees, and tenure by alma mater

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Qualifications & University Analytics

Qualification distribution, university pipeline, sector heatmaps, and pay correlation for NZX directors

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Cross-Sector Director Mobility

Directors with experience across multiple industry sectors

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Career Flow Analysis

Visualize common career pathways to NZX board positions with interactive Sankey diagrams

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Board Gender Composition Over Time

Track the evolution of male vs female directorships on NZX boards year by year

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IoD Designations — NZX Board Members

Institute of Directors designated directors on NZX boards. Track CFInstD, CMInstD, and MInstD certifications.

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IoD Value Analysis — Do Chartered Directors Deliver?

Data-driven comparison of IoD-designated vs non-designated directors: pay, tenure, shareholder support, and stock performance.

Financial Performance & Compensation

Track where the money goes — company performance, director pay, and executive compensation

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News Sentiment

AI-scored sentiment analysis of NZ financial news articles mentioning NZX-listed companies. Tracks Interest.co.nz, NZ Herald, RNZ, NBR, and Stuff.

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Broker Coverage Intelligence

Analyst coverage, consensus ratings, and price targets across the NZX market. Track which brokers cover each company, recent rating changes, and analyst accuracy rankings.

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Consensus Estimates

Unified analyst consensus estimates for NZX-listed companies. Combines Yahoo Finance consensus, company guidance, broker ratings, and earnings surprise predictions.

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Macroeconomic Dashboard

RBNZ OCR decisions, GDP, CPI, unemployment, and NZD exchange rates — linked to NZX sector impact. Track how macro events affect your portfolio.

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Dividend Reinvestment Calculator

Model the long-term impact of dividend reinvestment plans (DRPs) for NZX stocks. Compare reinvested vs cash returns with historical dividend data.

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Ownership Intelligence

NZX shareholder concentration analysis: top-20 block holders, HHI concentration index, nominee vs institutional vs individual ownership, and year-over-year ownership changes across 100+ companies.

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Fund Flows & Institutional Activity

Track institutional capital flows across the NZX market. Substantial holder position changes, fund manager activity heatmaps, company-level institutional ownership trends with sparklines, and top movers by position change.

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Substantial Holder Change Tracker

Track 5%+ ownership changes across NZX-listed companies. Increases, decreases, initial disclosures, and ceased holdings from classified SPH notices — most active holders, most targeted companies, sector breakdown.

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Peer Ownership Comparison

Which fund managers hold multiple companies in the same NZX sector? Identify common institutional owners across sector peers for IR roadshow targeting and understanding institutional capital allocation.

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M&A Activity

NZX takeover and merger activity — active deals, deal type breakdown, annual deal flow, most targeted companies, largest deals by value, highest premiums, sector analysis.

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Thesis Invalidation Monitor

4-signal thesis invalidation engine — checks whether bullish or bearish investment theses are breaking down using consensus divergence, fair value gaps, management credibility, and insider activity alignment.

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Material Change Risk Monitor

Detect material changes across NZX companies — revenue shifts, earnings surprises, board changes, dividend adjustments, and other significant events within configurable time windows.

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Sector Remuneration Benchmarks

How does your CEO compare? Director fees and executive pay across NZX sectors with percentiles and company comparisons

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CEO Pay vs Company Performance

Interactive scatter plot comparing CEO total compensation against ROE, revenue growth, and margins for NZX companies

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Announcement Sentiment

AI-powered sentiment analysis of NZX announcements — buried risks, hedging language, and market impact signals

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Earnings Themes

AI-extracted themes from NZX earnings announcements — trending topics, management tone, and forward-looking statements by sector and quarter

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Narrative Tracker

Track how NZX management messaging evolves year-over-year — tone shifts, guidance changes, topic churn, and AGM speech intelligence combined

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Capital Raise Archive

NZX share placements, rights issues, buybacks, entitlement offers, and capital returns — $B in structured data across 131 issuers

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Capital Raise Sentiment

AI-scored strength vs desperation signals on NZX capital raises — timing, discount, rationale, frequency, and underwriting analysis

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NZX Credit Ratings

S&P, Moody's, Fitch, and AM Best credit ratings for NZX-listed companies — rating distribution, recent actions, agency breakdown

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NZX Dividend Calendar

Track upcoming ex-dividend dates, payment dates, and DPS across all NZX-listed companies — plus the highest trailing dividend yields

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Earnings Presentations Library

Browse investor presentations, results briefings, and earnings commentary from 83 NZX companies — AI-analysed for tone, topics, and key quotes

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NZX Earnings Calendar

Predicted HY/FY reporting dates for all NZX companies based on historical reporting patterns — plan ahead for earnings season

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NZ Economic Calendar

RBNZ OCR decisions, GDP releases, CPI data, and employment reports — with actual vs prior values and market impact indicators

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Market Anomaly Detection

Early warning system scanning NZX companies for unusual insider trading clusters, governance deterioration, dividend cut risks, board exodus, technical breakdowns, first-time risk language, active takeovers, AGM revolts, sentiment-market disagreements, and buried risks — 16 anomaly types across 7 categories

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Accounting Quality Scores

Financial health analysis for NZX companies using Beneish M-score (earnings manipulation), Piotroski F-score (financial strength), Altman Z-score (bankruptcy risk), interest coverage, and current ratio

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Risk Language Tracker

Scan 64,000+ NZX announcements for risk-related language: going concern, covenant breach, impairment, litigation, restructuring. Track frequency by company, sector, and year.

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Keyword Trend Analysis

Google Trends for NZX filings. Search any keyword and see how often it appears across 64,000+ company announcements by year, sector, and company. Pre-built themes for AI, climate, supply chain, inflation.

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Valuation Model Builder

Interactive DCF and Dividend Discount Model valuations for 100+ NZX companies. Pre-populated with real financials, adjustable assumptions, 5-year projections, sensitivity analysis. DDM for banks and financials

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Top NZ Dividend Stocks

NZX dividend rankings by safety score, yield, and consecutive payment years — find the safest and highest-yielding NZ dividend stocks with Dividend Aristocrat tracking

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Dividend Comparison Tool

Compare dividend metrics side-by-side for 2-5 NZX companies. DSS score, trailing yield, payout ratio, cover, cut probability, imputation credits, growth streaks — best value highlighted per metric

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Imputation Credit Calculator

Calculate after-tax dividend yields with NZ imputation credits across all tax brackets — compare companies on true after-tax returns, not just headline yield

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Interactive Financial Statements

Capital IQ-style interactive income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements for all NZX companies — multi-year comparison with YoY analysis and CSV export

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Market Intelligence Feed

Real-time NZX event feed: insider trades, capital raises, dividends, earnings, AGM results, board changes, technical signals, credit ratings, and auditor changes — 10 signal types in one chronological timeline

Top Operating Cash Flow Generators

Strongest operating cash flow generators by latest financial year

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Director Gender Pay Gap Analysis

Compare average director fees paid to male vs female directors year by year

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Top Earning Executives (All Time)

Highest earning NZX CEOs and CFOs ranked by total executive compensation across their career. Includes executives with total career earnings of $100k or more.

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Top Earning Directors by Year

Highest earning directors in each financial year with company breakdown

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Director Fee Trends

Analysis of director remuneration trends, average fees, and market benchmarks

Top Earning Directors FY2026

Highest earning NZX directors in financial year 2026 with company breakdown

Top Earning Directors FY2025

Highest earning NZX directors in financial year 2025 with company breakdown

Top Earning Directors FY2024

Highest earning NZX directors in financial year 2024 with company breakdown

Top Earning Directors FY2023

Highest earning NZX directors in financial year 2023 with company breakdown

Top Earning Directors FY2022

Highest earning NZX directors in financial year 2022 with company breakdown

Top Earning Directors FY2021

Highest earning NZX directors in financial year 2021 with company breakdown

Top Earning Directors FY2020

Highest earning NZX directors in financial year 2020 with company breakdown

Top Earning Directors FY2019

Highest earning NZX directors in financial year 2019 with company breakdown

Top Earning Directors FY2018

Highest earning NZX directors in financial year 2018 with company breakdown

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Acquirer's Multiple — Deep Value Screen

Tobias Carlisle's EV/EBIT metric applied to the NZX. Sortable table of all non-financial NZX stocks ranked by what an acquirer would pay, with quality value and value trap detection.

Shareholders & Ownership

See how shareholders vote, who owns what, and where institutional capital flows

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Whale Sector Performance

Which sectors deliver the best returns for substantial shareholders? Win rates and P&L by industry

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Whale Holding Patterns

Optimal holding periods and win rates - when do substantial shareholders lock in profits?

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Whale Monthly Trading Patterns

Which months do substantial shareholders typically buy and sell NZX stocks? Historical trading patterns revealed

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Coordinated Trading Detection

Detect notable patterns when multiple institutional investors enter the same stock within the same timeframe

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Whale Co-Investment Network

Interactive network showing which institutional investors co-invest in the same stocks

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Whale Performance vs Market Benchmark

Alpha vs Beta analysis - which whales generate excess returns independent of market movements?

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Community Sentiment

ShareTrader forum activity and investor discussion volume for NZX-listed companies

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Shareholder Dissent Tracker

Failed resolutions, contentious votes, and directors facing low shareholder support across NZX

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Fund Flows

Institutional buying & selling across NZX stocks

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Fund Manager Directory

22 fund managers with NZX holdings data

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Insider + Announcement Correlation

Detect insider trades that cluster around material announcements

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News Sentiment Monitor

AI-scored media coverage tracker across NZX-relevant news sources

ESG & Sustainability

Measure what companies report on emissions, diversity, safety, and climate disclosure

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ESG Disclosure Leaders

Companies with comprehensive ESG reporting - emissions, diversity, safety, and framework adoption

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Net Zero Commitments

Companies with net zero carbon targets - who has committed and by when

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Climate Action Leaders

Lowest emissions intensity and largest year-over-year improvements

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Board Diversity Leaders

Companies leading in board gender and ethnic diversity

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Workplace Safety Performance

Companies with strongest health & safety records - LTIFR and incident rates

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TCFD Climate Disclosure

Companies reporting under TCFD framework and NZ Climate Standards

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ESG Reporting Tracker

Framework adoption rates, standards trends, and coverage analysis across NZX-listed companies (NZX Code Rec 4.2)

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Corporate Giving

How NZX-listed companies invest in communities — donations, sponsorships, foundations, and community programs across 54 companies and 260+ recipients

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NZ Climate Disclosure Tracker & Comparison

Compare climate disclosures side by side — Scope 1/2/3 emissions, sector benchmarks, YoY trends, TCFD/GRI compliance, and ESG radar charts across NZX-listed companies

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KiwiSaver Ethical Claims Verifier

Cross-reference KiwiSaver fund marketing claims against actual NZX portfolio holdings. Which funds claiming to be "ethical" hold fossil fuel, gambling, or weapons companies?

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NZ Climate Standards Compliance

Tracks NZX issuer readiness for XRB NZ Climate Standards (NZ CS 1-4) using existing ESG disclosure data.

Service Providers & Market

Know which firms audit, advise, and serve NZX companies — and when they switch

Auditor Market Concentration

Big Four vs mid-tier audit firms - market share analysis

Recent Service Provider Changes

Companies that switched auditors or solicitors (potential red flag)

Legal Firm Market Share

Law firms serving NZX-listed companies

Share Registry Market Share

Registry providers managing shareholder records

Property & Real Estate

Analyse NZX REIT portfolios — cap rates, WALE, occupancy, tenant exposure, and valuations

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Property Intelligence

Portfolio analysis across 10 REITs — book values, cap rates, development pipeline

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Tenant Exposure

Cross-REIT tenant analysis — shared tenants, concentration risk, systemic exposure

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REIT Screener

Screen property companies by cap rate, WALE, occupancy, tenant concentration

Executive Intelligence

Track C-suite leadership — CEO tenure, executive turnover, and management team structures

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CEO Tenure Tracker

Current and historical CEO tenure across NZX companies. Identifies longest-serving CEOs, recent appointments, and average tenure by sector.

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C-Suite Turnover

Tracks CEO and CFO changes by year. Identifies companies with frequent leadership turnover and years with unusually high executive departures.

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Executive Role Distribution

Distribution of C-suite roles across NZX companies. Shows which roles are most common, sector patterns, and how management team structures have evolved.

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Executive Team Size by Company

How many C-suite and senior executives each NZX company reports. Compares management team sizes across sectors and identifies lean vs large leadership structures.

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C-Suite Career Paths

Tracks executives who have moved between NZX companies. Shows common career progressions from CFO to CEO, cross-company moves, and sector migration patterns.

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Executive Movement Alerts

Track CEO, CFO and C-suite appointments and departures across NZX companies. Turnover hotspots, internal promotions, tenure distribution by sector.