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Foreign Ownership Insights

Analysis of offshore ownership across NZX-listed companies. Identifies foreign investors by country, highlights companies with significant offshore ownership, and reveals sector-level patterns in international capital allocation.

Countries Represented

249

Offshore Investors

2440.5%

Aggregate Foreign Voting Rights

Australia

Top Foreign Country

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Foreign Ownership by Country

Breakdown of offshore ownership by country of domicile. Based on fund manager country data linked through custodian and beneficial ownership analysis.

#	Country	Entities	Total Voting %	Companies Invested
1	🇦🇺Australia(AU)	113	1028.0%	46
2	🇺🇸United States(US)	57	567.8%	37
3	🇬🇧United Kingdom(GB)	32	303.2%	22
4	🇪🇸ES(ES)	2	96.3%	1

High Foreign Ownership Companies

NZX-listed companies ranked by estimated foreign ownership percentage. Foreign ownership is inferred from fund manager domicile data linked through custodian/nominee analysis.

#	Ticker	Company	Sector	Foreign %	NZ %	Foreign/NZ Ratio
1	FBU	Fletcher Building	Materials	169.9%	30.0%	84.99x
2	ATM	The a2 Milk Company Limited	Consumer Staples	166.7%	35.0%	82.65x
3	SKT	Sky Network Television Limited	Communication Services

Foreign Ownership by Sector

Sector-level breakdown of foreign ownership. Indicates which GICS sectors attract the most offshore capital on the NZX.

#	Sector	Avg Foreign %	Companies	Foreign Entities
1	Real Estate	7.3%	15	35
2	Information Technology	6.8%	8	12
3	Consumer Discretionary	6.8%	15	48
4	Industrials	6.5%	21	60
5	Healthcare	5.6%

Major Offshore Investors

Top foreign investors in NZX-listed companies by aggregate voting rights. Derived from fund manager registrations, custodian mappings, and substantial holder disclosures.

#	Investor	Country	Companies	Total Voting %	Top Holding
1	Global Valar, S.L.	🇪🇸ES	1	96.3%	RBD
2	Chang Ku Ee	🇲🇾Malaysia	1	77.4%	IPR
3	BlackRock Fund Advisors	🇺🇸United States	15	75.0%	AIA, ARG, ATM, CEN, FBU, GNZ, KPG, MEL, OCA, PFI, SKC, SKT, SPG, SPK, SUM

Methodology

Foreign ownership is estimated by linking top-20 shareholder register entries to fund managers via custodian/nominee mappings, then using the fund manager's country of domicile to classify holdings as foreign or domestic. This approach captures institutional ownership routed through nominees but may undercount direct foreign holdings not registered through known custodians. Percentages represent estimated voting rights based on available data and may not capture the full picture of beneficial ownership.

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Data sourced from publicly available records. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@nzxplorer.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice.