Wellington, May 26 NZPA - Membership of a board whose job is to set up a new market conduct regulator has been announced.

Wellington, March 31 NZPA - NZX chief executive Mark Weldon was paid $1.39 million last year, up from $895,566 the previous year. The remuneration was disclosed in the company's 2009 annual report.

Wellington, Feb 22 NZPA - The Securities Commission is investigating issues relating to the release of information by NZX regarding Allied Farmers Ltd last week. The matter was referred to the New Zealand securities regulator by NZ Regulation.

Wellington, Feb 22 NZPA - New Zealand sharemarket operator NZX is defending the release of the makeup of its NZX50 index to a subscriber service rather than to all investors at the same time.

Wellington, July 27 NZPA - Fonterra chairman Henry van der Heyden says too much is being read into his decision, announced on Friday, to step down from the board of sharemarket operator NZX.

Wellington, July 24 NZPA - Fonterra chairman Henry van der Heyden says he wants "as much clear air as possible" when Fonterra comes out with its next bid to re-jig the cooperative's capital structure.

Wellington, July 24 NZPA - Fonterra chairman Henry van der Heyden has resigned as a director of stock exchange operator NZX to remove any perceptions of potential conflict of interest.

Wellington, April 30 NZPA - The debt market is a real growth area for NZX and is bringing new names to the market, chairman Andrew Harmos said.

by Pam Graham of NZPA Wellington, Sept 5 NZPA - Andrew Harmos became sure about the importance of New Zealand having its own stock exchange while advising the Australian stock exchange on a takeover of its New Zealand rival.

Wellington, Sept 4 NZPA - The ABN Amro businesses in New Zealand have a new boss in Australia after owner Royal Bank of Scotland Group failed to sell the business. RBS said Stephen Williams has been appointed as head of global banking and markets Australia and New Zealand.