{"id":564591,"date":"2026-08-10T10:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/564591\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T10:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:32:10","slug":"barrenjoey-linked-to-possible-craigs-investment-partners-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/564591\/","title":{"rendered":"Barrenjoey linked to possible Craigs Investment Partners deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"BXSdIJQrZoWgYbVqzX\" style=\"display:none\">Barrenjoey has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/business\/companies\/banking-finance\/jarden-investigates-departing-executives-personal-relationship-amid-barrenjoey-defections\/premium\/C6NUKDQUFZAEREKD265NOLJBM4\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/business\/companies\/banking-finance\/jarden-investigates-departing-executives-personal-relationship-amid-barrenjoey-defections\/premium\/C6NUKDQUFZAEREKD265NOLJBM4\/\">recruited about 10 of competing broker<\/a> Jarden\u2019s top staff for its New Zealand operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BXSdIJQrZoWgYbVqzX\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cBarrenjoey New Zealand will be a locally led and managed business, creating a platform that will attract and reward the very best people so they can produce outstanding outcomes for clients,\u201d the firm said at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BXSdIJQrZoWgYbVqzX\" style=\"display:none\">As it stands, there are five institutional brokers in New Zealand: Jarden, Craigs Investment Partners, Forsyth Barr, Macquarie Group and UBS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BXSdIJQrZoWgYbVqzX\" style=\"display:none\">Insiders have questioned whether there is room for six.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BXSdIJQrZoWgYbVqzX\" style=\"display:none\">Last year, Craigs and TA Associates concluded a strategic partnership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BXSdIJQrZoWgYbVqzX\" style=\"display:none\">Initially announced in December 2024, the agreement involved Craigs\u2019 employee and director shareholders retaining 50% ownership of the firm, partnering closely with TA to accelerate Craigs\u2019 growth strategy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BXSdIJQrZoWgYbVqzX\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cSince 1984, we\u2019ve built one of New Zealand\u2019s largest investment advisory firms, deeply connected to the communities we serve,\u201d Craigs\u2019 website says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BXSdIJQrZoWgYbVqzX\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe offer expert services across private wealth, corporate, and institutional sectors, with strong international links \u2013 including strategic partnerships with Raymond James and JP Morgan Asset Management \u2013 to bring global opportunities closer to home,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BXSdIJQrZoWgYbVqzX\" style=\"display:none\">Jamie Gray is an Auckland-based journalist, covering the financial markets, the primary sector and energy. He joined the Herald in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Stay ahead with the latest market moves, corporate updates, and economic insights by subscribing to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\">Business newsletter<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 your essential weekly round-up of all the business news you need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barrenjoey has already recruited about 10 of competing broker Jarden\u2019s top staff for its New Zealand operation. \u201cBarrenjoey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1135,268065,138,163587,3468,1138,27700,1426,7055,111,139,69,143,17398,9871,21707,1361,61,2963],"class_list":["post-564591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-australian","tag-barrenjoey","tag-business","tag-craigs","tag-deal","tag-firm","tag-interested","tag-investment","tag-linked","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-partners","tag-possible","tag-speculation","tag-staying","tag-that","tag-to","tag-zealands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}