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Amanda's Take Five for Thursday

16 May 13, 11:38am, Amanda Morrall
Mummy are we poor?; Contra the herd; Don't pay twice; 7 things you can make yourself; Full disclosure on the salary front

Amanda's Take Five for Tuesday

14 May 13, 9:21am, Amanda Morrall
The Masterplan; Budget breakdown; Separating the wheat from the financial chaff; Cheap healthy eating tips; NZS stand on SRI

How the RBNZ's OBR might work

14 May 13, 9:39am, Gareth Vaughan
If a bank failed and the Open Bank Resolution Policy was implemented, how would it affect bank depositors, bondholders and shareholders?

BNZ introduces lowest 1yr mortgage rate

06 May 13, 9:34am, Gareth Vaughan
BNZ introduces market leading one-year mortgage rate undercutting rivals, but borrowers require 20% equity

Treasury outlines deposit guarantee lessons

03 May 13, 4:15pm, Gareth Vaughan
Any new retail deposit guarantee would incorporate lessons learnt from the previous scheme and be tougher, Treasury pledges

Amanda's Take Five for Thursday

02 May 13, 12:53pm, Amanda Morrall
Can we talk for a minute?; Experiential instruction; minus $250K to zero in 5 years; Stop procrastinating; 3 ways to get financially motivated

Amanda's Take Five for Tuesday

30 Apr 13, 11:12am, Amanda Morrall
Rich man poor man and common sense; How much are you saving?; Five ways to save; A reason to budget; Monkey business

KiwiSaver versus NZ Super Fund

30 Apr 13, 1:42pm, Craig Simpson
Craig Simpson examines how the New Zealand Super Fund stacks up against a sample of top performing KiwiSaver schemes

Amanda's Take Five for Wednesday

24 Apr 13, 12:08pm, Amanda Morrall
How big is your gap? Safe withdrawal rates; Financial sector vampires; The dangers of DIY super funds; The fall before the crash

UDC sees improved borrower confidence

23 Apr 13, 4:12pm, Gareth Vaughan
Tessa Price, CEO of asset financier UDC, says customers now prepared to buy assets without waiting for actual contracts; UDC first half-year new lending up 5.4%

Amanda's Take Five for Monday

22 Apr 13, 2:05pm, Amanda Morrall
Be glad for your bad job; Incentive for saving; Total remuneration; Building trust in a financial relationship; The millionaire next door

National Bank depositors loyal

22 Apr 13, 8:42am, Gareth Vaughan
National Bank depositors more loyal than ANZ's, and all other banks' depositors except ASB's

FMA's eye on KiwiSaver fee disclosure

18 Apr 13, 11:20am, Gareth Vaughan
Monitoring report coming from the FMA on KiwiSaver likely to call for more consistency of disclosure on fees & investment returns

'Why RBNZ & PM are wrong on deposit insurance'

19 Apr 13, 8:34pm, Gareth Vaughan
PM John Key and the Reserve Bank are wrong in their opposition to deposit insurance, says NZ-based advisor to international deposit insurers' body

Amanda's Take Five for Thursday

18 Apr 13, 11:55am, Amanda Morrall
Honey, don't sell the kids; Flip a coin; "It won't go to zero"; "Dear boss, I quit"; Mind that colossal pay gap

KiwiSaver funds would stay frozen in full under OBR

16 Apr 13, 4:43pm, Gareth Vaughan
KiwiSaver funds held by banks won't be 'pre-positioned' for the RBNZ's OBR policy as managers viewed to be 'better able to manage temporary illiquidity' than depositors

Amanda's Take Five for Friday

12 Apr 13, 1:20pm, Amanda Morrall
Walk it off; Fee free, yeah right; She spends, he saves; Income property in your 20s; Mighty River's Green Light

Deposit insurance 'easy to accommodate'

Updated 11 Apr 13, 10:07am, Gareth Vaughan
NZ doesn't have deposit insurance due to concerns over moral hazard & the difficulties of defining boundaries & pricing, but it could easily be accommodated, the RBNZ says

Amanda's Take Five for Wednesday

10 Apr 13, 11:22am, Amanda Morrall
Thatcherisms;Words versus action; Working towards financial freedom; Super savers; Irregular income

Why don't banks offer secured deposits?

09 Apr 13, 4:10pm, Gareth Vaughan
The Govt & RBNZ aren't interested in introducing a deposit insurance scheme, but what's stopping banks offering savers secured deposits?

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