Business digest: Best New Zealand Non-Bank of the Year awarded
7 Mar, 2021 09:00 PM
11 minutes to read
Bay of Plenty Times
New Zealand-owned First Mortgage Trust is celebrating its 25 year anniversary with the announcement it has been judged the best New Zealand Non-Bank of the Year. This award comes on the back of last year s achievement, when the trust reported it had more than $1 billion of investor funds under management, a figure which firmly cemented it as the largest non-bank first mortgage provider in New Zealand.
Chief executive officer Tony Kinzett said he was delighted with the February announcement from NZ Advisor, giving particular credit for the award to his hard-working team who are based in offices across the country.
Business digest: Best New Zealand Non-Bank of the Year awarded
7 Mar, 2021 09:00 PM
11 minutes to read
Bay of Plenty Times
New Zealand-owned First Mortgage Trust is celebrating its 25 year anniversary with the announcement it has been judged the best New Zealand Non-Bank of the Year. This award comes on the back of last year s achievement, when the trust reported it had more than $1 billion of investor funds under management, a figure which firmly cemented it as the largest non-bank first mortgage provider in New Zealand.
Chief executive officer Tony Kinzett said he was delighted with the February announcement from NZ Advisor, giving particular credit for the award to his hard-working team who are based in offices across the country.
Business digest: New partnership to develop platform for agritech research
14 Feb, 2021 07:00 PM
13 minutes to read
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Bay of Plenty Times
A freshly inked scientific partnership is developing AI computing power and technology to meet demand from Bay of Plenty-based scientists for faster processing of complex research data. The initiative, a marriage between the needs of PlantTech Research Institute in Tauranga and the expertise of New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI), is accelerating innovative research, starting in the agritech sector.
It will remove computer processing bottlenecks that limit the ability for data scientists to train artificial intelligence (AI) models that learn from high volumes of complex and tightly coupled data. It will also dramatically reduce the turnaround times for AI research.
Speaker Series celebrates business women
Siouxsie Wiles. Supplied photos.
What do a fashion designer, microbiologist and eco-conscious beauty product pioneer all have in common?
They are Kiwi business women at the forefront of change – and the key note speakers at a brand new event happening in Tauranga.
Hosted by Business Women’s Network, in partnership with Cooney Lees Morgan and Craigs Investment Partners, the inaugural BWN Speaker Series brings together inspirational, influential and innovative women from around New Zealand and the Bay of Plenty to share their insights into the new ways of doing business.
BWN is a networking group formed by women, for women, as part of the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce, with a goal to connect local women to exciting and engaging opportunities.