Brian Gaynor: A personal obuary - NZ Herald

Contents:

• BRIAN GAYNOR: A PERSONAL OBUARY
• OBUARY: BRIAN GAYNOR - A FEARLS CHAMPN FOR NZ PANI AND VTORS
• BS WRER AND MILFORD -FOUNR BRIAN GAYNOR DI
• MILFORD -FOUNR, BSMAN BRIAN GAYNOR DI FOLLOWG BRIEF ILLNS

BRIAN GAYNOR: A PERSONAL OBUARY

Brian Gaynor passed away on Monday. Photo / Natalie SlaOPINION:If weren't for Brian Gaynor, there would be no vtment, jt over three years ago, transformed a bs wire service that had n semi-profably sce 2008 to a viable, fast-growg subscriptn news was so often the se wh Brian, his sense of timg was lnched Milford Asset Management 2003 after servg on the board of the New Zealand Superannuatn Fund, good time to palise on the explosn funds unr management that was to acpany the troductn of KiwiSaver our se, Brian's long-held passn for the news media generally and bs news, particular, cid wh a eply challengg perd for the media, but one which the notn of payg for news was gag backed to succeed, brgg not jt his pal but the sound stcts, relentlsns and clary of visn that marked his many ntributns to NZ's public life and public bs style was rehgly several weeks of lawyers suggtg multi-page agreements wh numero appendic to document his vtment BsDk, Brian produced a set of words so ightengly succct that they barely ran to two would eher work or wouldn' were many thgs Brian disliked, but legal documents, bankg procs, shabbily nstcted IPOs and the failgs of NZ's pal market regulators were always near the top of his banks, he once remarked: "Banks are like the sort of person who asks for their umbrella back when starts to ra. His standards were as high as his generosy to the people, and bs he cid to old daysI met Brian Gaynor as a cub bs reporter for the Domn 1983/ were ee-wheelg days.

OBUARY: BRIAN GAYNOR - A FEARLS CHAMPN FOR NZ PANI AND VTORS

Brian Gaynor was hugely fluential as a bs mentator and lumnist and he -found Milford Asset Management, arguably the untry's most succsful KiwiSaver provir. Photo / Kenny RodgerEverybody the bs muny read Brian Gaynor.

He urged Kiwis to take a longer vtment the sale of Ln Nathan, the break-up of Fletcher Challenge to the attempts to buy Auckland Internatnal Airport and Inatil, Gaynor was the thick of a journalist and a wrer Gaynor had a remarkable pacy for rearch and a memory for bs events that few uld rival.

Wherever he spoke Brian Gaynor would ptivate dienc. He was termed to keep his ego out of the story and let the facts speak for kept the Herald's lawyers by wh a passn for tth and pla the aftermath of the Global Fancial Crisis, Gaynor spoke bluntly about the failgs of lol fance Gaynor speakg at the New Zealand Shareholrs Associatn agural meetg 2004. Photo / Pl EsturtGaynor was wary of market bubbl and vtment hype all shap and learned lsons the 1987 sharemarket crash that he rried wh him through his reer.

BS WRER AND MILFORD -FOUNR BRIAN GAYNOR DI

"He played a key role the improved regulatory environment that emerged om the wreckage of 1987 and eventually the reforms that were put place after the 2003, Gaynor -found Milford Asset Management, which quickly gaed a followg among high--worth bs took off followg the lnch of the portfol vtment enty (PIE) and KiwiSaver regim 2007, tablishg a seri of un tsts, cludg the flagship Active Growth Fund, managed for many years by Gaynor. 5 billn unr management and a swag of dtry firm acknowledged Gaynor's passg a statement posted on s webse. "Brian Gaynor tak the floor at an annual shareholr meetg.

MILFORD -FOUNR, BSMAN BRIAN GAYNOR DI FOLLOWG BRIEF ILLNS

Photo / David WheGaynor was award New Zealand Shareholrs' Associatn's prtig Bean Award twice - once 2006 and aga his speech acceptg the award 2020, Gaynor noted that he had been observg the NZ pal markets for 44 years and that he divid that time to two perds: pre-2001 was "the Dark Age" and sce then "a More Enlightened Age" to foundg Milford 2003 his reer clud rol as a partner and head of rearch at stockbrokers Jarn & Co, a member of the New Zealand Stock Exchange, chairman of the New Zealand Society of Invtment Analysts and chairman of the Asian Securi Analysts 2011, Gaynor tragilly lost his teenage son David. Brian Gaynor at the funeral for his son David Gaynor, at Holy Try Cathedral, Parnell. Photo / Dean PurcellKg's College stunt David Gaynor was a ntented teenager whose life turned around a "bad four-hour stretch", mourners heard at his funeral.

His father, bs mentator and Herald lumnist Brian Gaynor, said his son's ath was a "terrible remr of human ailty and how n turn badly... Why choose Gay & Ciha?