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South Canterbury Finance

Last of the SCF five outed

13 Feb 12, 10:59am, BusinessDesk
Lawyer Ed Sullivan and retired accountant Bob White named as the last of the five charged over South Canterbury Finance by the SFO

Sale of SCF's Belfast Park drags on

13 Feb 12, 4:13pm, Gareth Vaughan
Belfast Park rural zoned land on outskirts of Christchurch sold but sales processes for industrial slice and parcel featuring 640 residential lots drag on

Victory for Armers at Dairy Holdings

Updated 03 Feb 12, 10:52am, Gareth Vaughan
NZ shareholders Colin & Dale Armer, Alan Pye and Jagewi Ltd move to full ownership of Dairy Holdings; Armers 'very pleased' with NZ solution

Peace breaks out at Dairy Holdings

01 Feb 12, 4:15pm, Gareth Vaughan
'Banks in support' as resolution to 'financially sound' Dairy Holdings' shareholder stoush nears; NZ Super Fund possible buyer of 50% stake

Big Dairy Holdings share sold to locals?

31 Jan 12, 2:05pm, Tony Chaston
The final major asset of South Canterbury Finance looks set to be sold.

SCF case on hold, name suppression in place

16 Jan 12, 10:47am, BusinessDesk
SFO's South Canterbury Finance case adjourned till February, name suppression continues

RIP Crown retail deposit guarantee scheme

Updated 11 Jan 12, 2:11pm, Gareth Vaughan
'Nothing to report,' Treasury says as Crown retail deposit guarantee scheme comes to end of NZ$1 bln road

Germans happy for T&G to stay listed

23 Dec 11, 10:51am, Gareth Vaughan
BayWa willing to be majority holder of NZX-listed Turners & Growers as Scales grabs stake

Spanner in works of takeover bid

22 Dec 11, 2:48pm, BusinessDesk
Scales Corp emerges as potential block to German Turners & Growers bid

SFO alleges biggest ever white-collar crime

Updated 07 Dec 11, 4:50pm, Gareth Vaughan
SFO lays 21 charges against 5 people 'involved with South Canterbury Finance's affairs' over alleged NZ$1.7 bln fraud