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Two people charged in relation to NZ First Foundation donations
[Updated]
SFO files charges against two people in relation to the NZ First Foundation electoral funding case; Winston Peters gears up to take the SFO to court for allegedly abusing its statutory powers
29th Sep 20, 5:19pm
by Jenée Tibshraeny
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News
What happened Tuesday
[Updated]
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, auction activity jumps, ANZ sees much lower mortgage rates, eyes on SFO, swap and bond rates stable, NZD holds, & more
29th Sep 20, 3:59pm
23
David Chaston
Property
ANZ warns that winter heat could turn into summer chill for the housing market
ANZ expects one year fixed mortgage rates to bottom out at 1.75% in April, but says their impact on the housing market could be muted
29th Sep 20, 3:33pm
50
Greg Ninness
Opinion
Warm up the helicopters!
David Hargreaves says the time may now be approaching when we need to consider a direct one-off handout of cash to the public
29th Sep 20, 2:52pm
53
David Hargreaves
Property
Massive week in Barfoot & Thompson's auction rooms
There was a huge jump in the number of properties auctioned by Barfoot & Thompson last week, with the sales rate holding steady at two thirds
29th Sep 20, 12:55pm
37
Greg Ninness
News
Two people charged in relation to NZ First Foundation donations
[Updated]

SFO files charges against two people in relation to the NZ First Foundation electoral funding case; Winston Peters gears up to take the SFO to court for allegedly abusing its statutory powers

29th Sep 20, 5:19pm
by Jenée Tibshraeny
25
News
What happened Tuesday
[Updated]

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, auction activity jumps, ANZ sees much lower mortgage rates, eyes on SFO, swap and bond rates stable, NZD holds, & more

29th Sep 20, 3:59pm
by David Chaston
23
Property
ANZ warns that winter heat could turn into summer chill for the housing market

ANZ expects one year fixed mortgage rates to bottom out at 1.75% in April, but says their impact on the housing market could be muted

29th Sep 20, 3:33pm
by Greg Ninness
50
Opinion
Warm up the helicopters!

David Hargreaves says the time may now be approaching when we need to consider a direct one-off handout of cash to the public

29th Sep 20, 2:52pm
by David Hargreaves
53
Property
Massive week in Barfoot & Thompson's auction rooms

There was a huge jump in the number of properties auctioned by Barfoot & Thompson last week, with the sales rate holding steady at two thirds

29th Sep 20, 12:55pm
by Greg Ninness
37
News
News
Real change on the cards with climate-risk reporting
Bell Gully's Simon Watt and Kate Redgewell say mandatory climate-risk reporting for the financial sector will be a relatively big shift for a number of organisations
29th Sep 20, 11:41am
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by Guest
17
Business
Business
Labour pledges delay to Tiwai Point aluminium smelter closure
Labour aims for three-to-five year extension to life of the Southland smelter, including 'supporting' Transpower to allow reduced power costs for the smelter owner NZAS
28th Sep 20, 11:45am
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by David Hargreaves
129
Banking
Banking
Will NZ follow Aussie relaxing of responsible lending laws?
Bell Gully poses the question of whether NZ will follow Australian move to ease responsible lending rules as Morgan Stanley assesses the impact of the move on the parents of NZ's big four banks
29th Sep 20, 9:37am
1
by Gareth Vaughan
1
Business
Business
The Week in Tax: U.K. pension transfers
The Week in Tax talking with Tony Chamberlain of GBPensions about why some UK pension scheme values are rocketing and tax efficient ways of transferring schemes
28th Sep 20, 1:15pm
8
by Terry Baucher
8
Personal Finance
AA Money offers secured personal loans

28th Sep 20, 2:15pm
Gareth Vaughan
Opinion
Judith Collins expects to lose – she may even be looking forward to it

28th Sep 20, 7:28am
151
Chris Trotter
Insurance
Covid-19: does travel insurance have a future?

28th Sep 20, 9:44am
9
Diana Clement
News
Breakfast briefing: The risk-off, risk-on yoyo continues

29th Sep 20, 7:19am
64
David Chaston
Currencies
Exporter currency strategy for Asian trade

28th Sep 20, 7:55am
Guest
Property
About 40% of first home buyers taking the plunge with less than a 20% deposit

27th Sep 20, 6:02am
220
Greg Ninness
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RBNZ hints at introducing Funding for Lending programme ahead of OCR cut to provide more stimulus sooner
[Updated]
RBNZ wants interest rates lower, faster; Works towards introducing Funding for Lending programme before cutting the OCR next year
23rd Sep 20, 2:12pm
180
Jenée Tibshraeny
Property
About 40% of first home buyers taking the plunge with less than a 20% deposit
Buying a home with less than a 10% deposit carries risks, but over the long term it may be a risk worth taking
27th Sep 20, 6:02am
220
Greg Ninness
Property
ANZ warns that winter heat could turn into summer chill for the housing market
ANZ expects one year fixed mortgage rates to bottom out at 1.75% in April, but says their impact on the housing market could be muted
29th Sep 20, 3:33pm
50
Greg Ninness
Property
Drop in mortgage interest rates since March particularly helpful to first home buyers, especially in Auckland
Falling interest rates have had a bigger impact on mortgage payments than they have on house prices, leaving first home buyers better off overall, particularly in Auckland
24th Sep 20, 12:03pm
81
Greg Ninness
Opinion
Judith Collins expects to lose – she may even be looking forward to it
Chris Trotter suggests New Zealand may be set for a period of heightened political divisiveness
28th Sep 20, 7:28am
151
Chris Trotter
Banking
Further mortgage, business borrowing and term deposit rate cuts expected this year
How the RBNZ is planning to get banks to cut interest rates without them worrying about pushing away savers and the funding they provide 
24th Sep 20, 7:32am
26
Jenée Tibshraeny
Opinion
The FLP fillip - RBNZ's early Christmas present to the housing market
The decision of the Reserve Bank to give cheap funding directly to the banks possibly as soon as November means even lower mortgages may be fuelling the pre-Christmas housing market
24th Sep 20, 11:03am
33
David Hargreaves

Other News

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Property
The city centre: Will she really be right?

26th Sep 20, 6:33am
36
David Norman
Summer comes early for housing market with auction activity already running close to last summer's peak

25th Sep 20, 10:50am
120
Greg Ninness
Capital gains carrot more powerful than bright-line test stick

25th Sep 20, 9:07am
61
Jenée Tibshraeny
Business
Air NZ flags 2021 capital raise; Starts drawing down on Crown loan

25th Sep 20, 4:00pm
23
Jenée Tibshraeny
NZ firm Advanced Global Markets 'running a foreign-exchange scam'

24th Sep 20, 3:03pm
1
Gareth Vaughan
The Week in Tax: 'Predictable, but disappointing'

20th Sep 20, 9:29am
10
Terry Baucher
Banking
Westpac Group agrees to A$1.3b anti-money laundering fine

24th Sep 20, 10:51am
29
Gareth Vaughan
Further mortgage, business borrowing and term deposit rate cuts expected this year

24th Sep 20, 7:32am
26
Jenée Tibshraeny
Does banks' loan provisioning under estimate the true impact of COVID-19?

23rd Sep 20, 7:37am
3
Gareth Vaughan
Insurance
RBNZ discourages insurers from paying dividends
[Updated]

14th Sep 20, 5:44pm
5
Jenée Tibshraeny
Govt to consider further socialising disaster insurance by lifting the EQC cap

31st Aug 20, 12:49pm
26
Jenée Tibshraeny
Robertson keen on ACC-like insurance scheme for people who lose their jobs

4th Aug 20, 3:50pm
42
Jenée Tibshraeny
Personal Finance
Credit card spending knocked, but not flattened, by Auckland lockdown

21st Sep 20, 3:35pm
4
David Hargreaves
Will you accidently become one of the top 2%?

21st Sep 20, 3:12pm
Simon Swallow
How much can you bid?

21st Sep 20, 2:32pm
5
David Chaston
Rural
Human sustainability

26th Sep 20, 9:23am
34
Angus Kebbell
It's tough promoting natural, sustainable fibers

25th Sep 20, 11:49am
29
Guy Trafford
Further into a muddy outlook

24th Sep 20, 10:27am
32
Guest
Currencies
AUD lift weighs on NZD

29th Sep 20, 7:40am
Jason Wong
Kiwi dollar downward correction occurs with a bang

28th Sep 20, 8:42am
9
Roger J Kerr
AUD weakens on RBA easing expectations

28th Sep 20, 7:26am
Jason Wong
Bonds
Government receives $1.385b of bids for negative yielding $450m bond

24th Sep 20, 2:47pm
3
Suhaimi Mohamad
NZ Govt Bond tender number 738 results

17th Sep 20, 2:13pm
Suhaimi Mohamad
As government bond issuance surges, the interest bill isn't following suit

15th Sep 20, 5:03pm
24
Gareth Vaughan
Kiwisaver
In praise of KiwiSaver

14th Jul 20, 9:08am
17
Martin Hawes
The value - and risks - of decades-long forecasts

20th Jun 20, 9:16am
10
Martin Hawes
The mortgage or for retirement?

23rd May 20, 10:01am
37
Martin Hawes
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