DFC New Zealand Limited

DFC New Zealand Limited was a state-owned enterprise that existed from 1964 to 1991, to provide venture capital and financial advice to industry.

History

The Development Finance Corporation was established in 1964 as a joint venture between the New Zealand Government, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and the major trading banks of the time.[1] In 1973, the Kirk Labour government assumed full control.[1]

DFC operated two venture capital funds: the Applied Technology Programme and the Small Business Venture Capital Fund, which were both later merged into a single DFC Ventures fund.[2]

Under the State Owned Enterprises Act 1986, it was corporatised as DFC New Zealand Limited.[3][1] In 1988 it was sold to the National Provident Fund and Salomon Brothers.[2]

DFC New Zealand Limited was placed into statutory management in 1989 and liquidated in 1991, after ill-fated investments in property speculation saddled it with a mountain of bad debts.[4][1][2]

A successor of sorts, the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, was established in 2001.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 DFC NZ (a cautionary tale of one company's financial failure - Christie Smith, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
  2. 1 2 3 Mike Booker (2009-01-30). "The state of venture capital in New Zealand". Idealog.
  3. ↑ "Development Finance Corporation of New Zealand Act 1986". Parliamentary Counsel Office - New Zealand Legislation.
  4. ↑ Chris Hunt (2009-06-17). "Banking crises in New Zealand – an historical overview" (PDF). Reserve Bank of New Zealand. p. 29.
  • Fran O'Sullivan (2016-09-10). "NZ refuses to learn the lessons of failure". NZ Herald.
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