New TZ1 owner has big plans - but not here
30 Jan 2009
The new owner of the TZ1 Registry says it plans to build it into the largest environmental registry in the world – but it will be based in London and New York, not Auckland.
The registry’s owner, NZX, announced yesterday that it had an agreement in principle to sell the subsidiary to private London-based international financial information services company Markit.
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