NZX Limited (NZX: NZX) is a stock exchange located in Wellington, New Zealand. Since July 2005 it has been located in NZX Centre, the renovated Odlins building on the Wellington waterfront.^[1][2] As of 30 June 2009, the New Zealand Exchange had 233 listed issuers with a combined market capitalization of $49.024 billion.

History[link]

NZX began life as a number of regional stock exchanges during the gold rush of the 1870s. In 1974 these regional exchanges were amalgamated to form one national stock exchange, the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZSE).

On 24 June 1991, NZSE implemented a computerised trading system, and abolished the open outcry market. This computerised system was replaced with the FASTER trading system in September 1999.

On 16 October 2002 the Member Firms of the New Zealand Stock Exchange voted in favour of demutualisation, and on 31 December 2002, NZSE became a limited liability company. On 30 May 2003, New Zealand Stock Exchange Limited formally changed its name to New Zealand Exchange Limited, trading as NZX, and on 3 June 2003 listed its own securities on its main equity market.

The NZX Centre was originallly constructed in 1907 for the C&A Odlin Timber Company, and is one of the few surviving industrial buildings in the Edwardian style. ^[3]

Products[link]

NZX operates three main markets:

• New Zealand Stock Market (NZSX), the premier equities market;
• New Zealand Alternative Market (NZAX), for smaller and growing companies; and
• New Zealand Debt Market (NZDX), for corporate and government bonds and fixed-income securities.

In addition the NZX is currently developing NZFOX, a trading facility for futures and options contracts based on NZ listed securities.

NZX has three subsidiary companies. Smartshares offers a range of exchange-traded funds as well as a KiwiSaver scheme called Smartkiwi, Link Market Services (of which NZX owns 50%) offers share registry and related services and Agri-Fax offers commercial data services relating to New Zealand agricultural products.

Hours[link]

NZSX and NZAX; Opening Auction: 9.45am - 10.00am,^{[citation needed]} Normal Trading: 10am - 4.45pm, Closing Auction: 4.45pm - 5.00pm

NZDX; Opening Auction: 8.45am - 9.00am, Normal Trading: 9am - 4.45pm, Closing Auction: 4.45pm - 5.00pm

A more detailed list of trading hours can be found at http://www.nzx.com/markets/key_dates/trading_hours

Regulation[link]

NZX regulates listed companies and market participants with the aim of ensuring a transparent and efficient marketplace. NZX provides Listing Rules governing the behaviour of listed companies, Participant Rules and an accreditation programme for market participants, and real-time monitoring and surveillance of trading on its markets.

NZX is supported in its role as front-line regulator by the Securities Commission, the statutory regulator of New Zealand's financial markets although the Securities Commission has no legislative mandate to regulate NZX.

See also[link]

• NZSX50

References[link]

External links[link]

• NZX official website
• Smartshares
• Securities Commission
• New Zealand Shareholders' Association
• Takeovers Panel
• Small Cap Research Information on NZ's smallest listed companies

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Lisa Lewis (born 1956 Roanoke, Virginia) is an American poet, who was recently awarded a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.^[1]

Life[link]

She graduated from University of Houston, with a PhD. She teaches at Oklahoma State University.^[2]

Awards[link]

• 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry^[1]
• 2008 American Poetry Journal Book Contest, Dream Horse Press
• 2000 Poetry West Chapbook Contest ^[3]
• 1997 National Poetry Series, for Silent Treatment
• Brittingham Prize, for The Unbeliever

Works[link]

• "Stereotype"; "Oklahoma", Electica, Oct/Nov 2003
• "Topography", THE CORTLAND REVIEW, August 2008
• "A QUESTION ABOUT HORSES", Rattle, August 1st, 2009

• Silent Treatment. Penguin Books. 1998. ISBN 978-0-14-058902-3. 
• The Unbeliever. University of Wisconsin Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-299-14404-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=ABCtx-ojHGUC&pg=PT1&dq=Lisa+Lewis+poet&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• Vivisect, New Issues Press
• Burned House with Swimming Pool, Dream Horse Press
• Story Box, Poetry West, 2008 (chapbook)

Anthologies[link]

• Richard Howard, David Lehman, ed. (1995). "Bridget". The Best American Poetry 1995. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-80151-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=MY3IC7Z4HgUC&pg=PA134&dq=Lisa+Lewis+poet&lr=#v=onepage&q=Lisa%20Lewis%20poet&f=false. 
• William J. Walsh, ed. (2006). "Field Has No Horse in It". Under the rock umbrella: contemporary American poets, 1951-1977. Mercer University Press. ISBN 978-0-88146-047-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=iiG_MOtag50C&pg=PA214&dq=Lisa+Lewis+poet&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 

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Charmaine Sheh is a Hong Kong TVB actress.

Sheh is best known for her roles in TVB dramas, including Return of the Cuckoo, Country Spirit, Perish in the Name of Love, Angels of Mission, War and Beauty, The Dance of Passion,The Drive of Life, Maidens' Vow, Forensic Heroes II,Beyond the Realm of Conscience, You're Hired, and Can't Buy Me Love.

Charmaine current work for TVB is a modern drama "Let It Be Love", co-starring Moses Chan, Kenny Wong, Florence Kwok, Elvina Kong, King Kong and Tracy Ip. In this drama produced by Jonathan Chik (of War and Beauty fame), Charmaine portrays an international superstar who falls in love with an electronic salesman played by Moses Chan. This will be Charmaine and Moses' 6th collaboration.

Career[link]

Sheh signed on with TVB in 1998 after she was second runner-up in the 1997 Miss Hong Kong Pageant. The early stage of her career was often characterized by her coy, squeaky voice and criticisms of her acting skills. However, Sheh overcame these problems and made her breakthrough in in Return of the Cuckoo in 2000, co-starring with Nancy Sit, Julian Cheung and Steven Ma.^[1][2] Since then, Sheh has grown over the years to be a highly acclaimed and revered thespian in Hong Kong.

In 2006, she became the first TVB actress to win two major awards at the same TVB Anniversary Awards ceremony, clinching the Best Actress Award and My Favourite Female TV Character for her performance in Maidens' Vow.^[3][4] She also won the Top Four Actresses Award with Ruby Lin, Zhao Wei and Liu Yifei. Sheh was the first Hong Kong TV actress to be shortlisted for the semi-finals of the Best Actress category at the 35th International Emmy Awards in 2007.^[5][6]

Charmaine Sheh graduated in 1997 from the International Hotel Management Institute Switzerland in Lucerne with a Diploma in Hotel Management.

Filmography[link]

Films[link]

TVB series[link]

Mainland Chinese television series[link]

Discography[link]

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