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CEO Angela Mentis says if RBNZ capital proposals go ahead BNZ will have to be 'incredibly disciplined about what business we do'

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CEO Angela Mentis says if RBNZ capital proposals go ahead BNZ will have to be 'incredibly disciplined about what business we do'

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That would be good. Up until now, banks have created 'money' out of nothing, then soaked real work-driven wealth from everyone else. It's been the rort of all time, but growth is in trouble now, and if the banks continue soaking, someone else is going to continue being disadvantaged.

Watch for the PR/spin to ramp from here

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A Clement Attlee moment....

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That photo gets me every time.

Photographer: "Okay Angela, now rest your chin on the thumb and first 2 fingers of your left hand. Tilt your head ever so slightly to the right.... Great, marvelous, now smile like a Terminator T-800 Robot".

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She's a doppleganger for Arianna Huffington.

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"BNZ will have to be 'incredibly disciplined about what business we do". Is it just me or should banks always be disciplined about what business they do?

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Exactly my though - and probably explains why we need a larger capital buffers.

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