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Ryan Bridge: Should National campaign on a partial float?
They haven't said it explicitly yet, but one day soon, our KiwiSaver contributions will rise to 12% and Kiwibank will be partially sold to foreign buyers.
On the bank, Nicola Willis is flying a kite and talking about a potentially partial float of the stock exchange for the wee Kiwi battler. It needs capital to grow and take on the big banks.
They're getting access to an extra half a billion through changes already announced. But they could yet get more, should National campaign on a partial float.
It's sounding more and more like they will.
And the question is whether most voters will care?…
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