HOW WE INVEST

Quayside provides long term financial security to the Bay of Plenty Regional Council through a diversified investment portfolio and by ensuring the Port of Tauranga shareholding is managed in an effective and commercial manner.

Quayside is a responsible and commercially focused investor that aims to deliver sustainable, socially responsible and intergenerational returns. Our goal is to grow Quayside’s revenue streams for the benefit of our stakeholders, using bold and robust decision making. Quayside aims to retain around 15 per cent of our profits to enhance regional development. We intentionally seek to diversify our portfolio to ensure a more stable dividend to provide a safeguard against market fluctuations, whilst pursuing bold initiatives.

BALANCED
PORTFOLIO

Quayside has a diversified asset base alongside our majority shareholding of the Port of Tauranga and the New Zealand stock exchange listed $200 million of Perpetual Preference Shares. These include share investments, private equities and other asset investments.   We also target long-term commercial returns through the investment and management of infrastructure assets, including horticultural, farming and forestry properties as well as food and beverage manufacturing across the region.

UNIQUE STRUCTURE FOR
PORT SHAREHOLDING

As the arm’s length investment organisation for the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Quayside is a unique structure for a majority port shareholding in New Zealand. While a supportive shareholder of Port of Tauranga, it enables the company to perform independently for the best commercial outcomes without political interference. In 2012 the New Zealand Productivity Commission highlighted that the owner behaviour of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, via Quayside, in treating the Port of Tauranga as a financial asset rather than an asset to control was one of the key reasons that Port of Tauranga was New Zealand’s best performing port.

FINANCIAL AND
STRATEGIC INVESTOR

Quayside’s ability to act as either a financial or strategic investor sets us apart from most other institutional investors. We are able to adopt a longer investment time horizon and can consider other merits such as regional, social and environmental benefits when evaluating investment proposals. Quayside’s investment model is based on partnership and collaboration, with shared values, frequently seeking to align with respective industry experts when making investment decisions.

When determining opportunities and priorities for strategic investment, Quayside’s focus is on our ability to support the capability growth, deliver quality infrastructure and facilitate sound economic and social outcomes for communities throughout the Bay of Plenty region, both now and in the future.

CATEGORIES OF
INVESTMENT

CATEGORYAPPROACHSECTORS COVERED
Marketable SecuritiesListed securities with a focus on intrinsic value of companies irrespective of changes in traditional indexes.Investment portfolio may invest in a diversified mix of New Zealand, Australian and international bond and equity markets.
Private EquityInvesting either directly into portfolio companies or into private equity funds. Seeking return premiums for investing in less liquid assets.Venture capital, growth capital or buyouts on a direct and indirect basis. Targeting long-term returns and regional growth opportunities.
Alternative AssetsInvestments in liquid, non-traditional funds with strategies providing diversity of return streams.Externally managed mandates including discretionary hedge funds, systematic hedge funds and event-driven strategies.
Real AssetsInvesting in, and managing, a portfolio of long-term, physical assets that generate attractive, risk-adjusted returns through economic cycles.Real estate, infrastructure, forestry, horticulture and aquaculture assets gained through private markets.
CashEnsuring sufficient access to daily and short-term liquidity while maximising available returns.Cash and term deposits.

EXAMPLES OF OUR
STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS

The following case studies on initiatives that Quayside is involved in reflect its underlying philosophy when making decisions on strategic investments. These are:

  • That they are aligned to the values of the Māori economy of taking a long term, sustainable approach, building capability and caring for the environment (e.g. Huakiwi, Mystery Valley);
  • That they support the growth of innovative businesses (e.g. WNT Ventures, Oriens Capital);
  • That they facilitate infrastructure projects that are catalysts for economic development (e.g. Regional Infrastructure Fund); and
  • The investment in property and other real assets that support the economies and aspirations of local communities (e.g. The Vault on Spring, Rangiuru Business Park, Lakes Commercial Development, Mystery Valley).

CASE STUDIES

WNT VENTURES INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY INCUBATOR

In 2014 Quayside became founding shareholder in Tauranga-based WNT Ventures, one of only three technology incubators in New Zealand with access to Callaghan Innovation pre-incubation funds and loans to support…
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