Wayne Gentle: When success becomes the challenge for New Zealand companies

PremiumOpinionOpinion byWayne GentleNZ Herald·16 Jun, 2026 03:05 AM5 mins to readWayne Gentle is Chief Investment Officer and Executive Director, Milford Asset Management New Zealand’s KiwiSaver system now exceeds $130 billion in assets and is growing rapidly.New Zealand doesn’t have a shortage of good companies. It has a shortage of sufficiently deep capital pathways to support them as they scale.In 2025, there were three new listings on the NZX – Uvre, Manuka and Locate – compared with 92 on the ASX.

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