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Gareth Vaughan

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StoryWhat anyone with a home loan and/or bank deposit needs to know about the bank bonds compared with drugs and prostitution Gareth Vaughan339 hours 22 min ago
StoryGovt eyes NZ$1.4 bln extra revenue over next four years as tobacco excise hiked, mixed-use and livestock rules tightened, tax compliance increased Alex Tarrant6316 hours 7 sec ago
StoryHiFX's Dan Bell says European Central Bank may cut interest rates and get its printing press out again before the all important June 17 Greek election Gareth Vaughan116 hours 14 min ago
StoryASB cutting 6 and 18 month fixed-term mortgage rates with 6-month rate down to 5.25% Gareth Vaughan1722 hours 13 min ago
StoryTreasury seeking retail bank to help with up to 250,000 applications from retail investors for shares in each SOE Gareth Vaughan51 day 9 hours ago
StoryBusinessDesk: Fonterra tightens TAF rules to safeguard 100% farmer ownership BusinessDesk671 day 10 hours ago
StoryASB posts 21% rise in unaudited March quarter profit to NZ$160 mln as impairments fall; Big drop in home loans with LVRs over 90% Gareth Vaughan01 day 15 hours ago
StoryRoger Beaumont, ex-MediaWorks marketing director, joins ASB as executive general manager for marketing and online Gareth Vaughan11 day 18 hours ago
StoryThursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Bond investors flee Southern Europe to invest in 0% interest German bunds; Germany as vays of making Greece stay in zee euro; Chinese coal imports collapse; Dilbert Bernard Hickey381 day 19 hours ago
Newsletter issueNewsletter May 25: The skinny on the bank bond compared with drugs and prostitution Gareth Vaughan01 day 23 hours ago
StoryGovt Bill allows banks to use assets other than residential mortgages for covered bond security and entities other than registered banks to issue covered bonds Gareth Vaughan222 days 12 hours ago
StoryBNZ grows residential mortgages with loan-to-valuation ratios above 80% in March quarter Gareth Vaughan02 days 15 hours ago
StoryFisher and Paykel Finance posts drop in annual operating earnings after expensive court case Gareth Vaughan02 days 21 hours ago
Newsletter issueNewsletter May 24: BNZ high LVR mortgages up in March quarter Gareth Vaughan02 days 22 hours ago
StoryTuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why rocket scientists are now algo traders; Is Facebook 2012's Lastminute.com?; European bank stress; Capitalism on trial; Dilbert Bernard Hickey133 days 17 hours ago
StoryProperty syndicators KCL Group and Commercial Investment Properties combine to form entity with about NZ$800 mln of assets Gareth Vaughan03 days 18 hours ago
StoryHSBC and the Co-operative Bank both cut some advertised fixed-term mortgage rates and some term deposit rates Gareth Vaughan03 days 22 hours ago
Newsletter issueNewsletter May 23: Door open for covered bonds from non-banks Gareth Vaughan03 days 23 hours ago
StoryCommerce Minister Craig Foss says the regulatory systems in Japan and Britain ultimately worked by catching out the firm he worked for Gareth Vaughan73 days 23 hours ago
StoryFitch sees potential for worse deals for customers, riskier activities and regulatory arbitrage from 'too big to fail banks' needing US$566b to meet Basel III rules Gareth Vaughan04 days 16 hours ago
StoryRural lender Rabobank records 48% rise in March quarter profit despite increase in impairments on loans Gareth Vaughan04 days 16 hours ago
StorySBS Bank introduces 4.99% 6-month 'special' home loan rate, cuts 2-year mortgage rate and 18-month term deposit rates too Gareth Vaughan04 days 20 hours ago
StoryBNZ to repay NZ$350 mln of callable bonds on June 15, mulls new bond issue and offers holders 20bp increase on term deposits Gareth Vaughan14 days 21 hours ago
StoryExodus of Kiwis to Australia hits a record 53,462 or 146 a day in the year to end of April; Short term Euro-visitor numbers slump BusinessDesk754 days 23 hours ago
Newsletter issueNewsletter May 22: Strong March quarter for Rabobank Gareth Vaughan04 days 23 hours ago