Kiwibank

Goldman Sachs picks February 2019 OCR hike

18 Jul 18, 2:16pm

Goldman Sachs' predicting a February OCR increase makes the investment bank the market hawk, with most other forecasters picking a hike in the second half of 2019
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Uptick in inflation driven by higher housing costs, fuel prices

17 Jul 18, 11:16am

Jason Walls

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Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation came in at 1.5% in the year to June 2018, up 0.4% on the quarter before led by higher housing costs and fuel prices
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Kiwibank gets new Main man as Treasurer

12 Jul 18, 11:14am

David Hargreaves

The changes continue to be made at Kiwibank following the reshuffle of shareholding
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TSB trims four mortgage rates

9 Jul 18, 5:31pm

David Chaston

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TSB sets its fighting rate at 4.35% for eighteen months fixed, the lowest of any bank for this term except HSBC Premier
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RBNZ ‘can’t ignore’ dwindling business confidence

3 Jul 18, 3:25pm

Jason Walls

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Economists say another batch of low business confidence figures are a concern for future economic growth and it’s time for the RBNZ to pay attention
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'Our entire interest rate curve is below the US and that's a first'

16 Jun 18, 9:35am

Gareth Vaughan

6 comments

Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr looks into the 2019 crystal ball and sees a weaker NZ dollar, but higher OCR, mortgage and deposit rates
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ASB trims three key mortgage rates

14 Jun 18, 9:25am

David Chaston

24 comments

New Zealand's second largest home loan lender shifts its key carded rate offers lower for the three most popular fixed terms
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Kiwibank cuts its two year home loan 'special' rate

8 Jun 18, 2:20pm

David Chaston

8 comments

Kiwibank aims its winter mortgage special offer at a two year term, claiming a 16 bps advantage over its four Aussie bank rivals
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Big banks' profit down quarter-on-quarter

5 Jun 18, 12:31pm

Gareth Vaughan

New Zealand's big five banks lift net interest margins in the March quarter as the Dashboard gives & takes
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This week's guest Top 10

1 Jun 18, 10:00am

Jarrod Kerr

18 comments

Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr on the Top 10 risks to the Kiwi economy; weak income growth, trade war, agriculture risks, the Springbok induced 2008 global financial crisis & more
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Adrian Orr leads the Reserve Bank into uncharted waters

11 May 18, 6:26am

Jason Walls

1 comment

The new Governor’s approach to the central bank’s communication was on full display on Thursday, turning the heads of journalists, MPs and economists
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More mortgage rate cuts

10 May 18, 9:05am

David Chaston

8 comments

ASB reduces two fixed home loan rates, taking its fixed three year offer to a market leading 4.79%. The Co-operative Bank also trims some rates
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What change will an outsider bring as Kiwibank's new CEO?

2 May 18, 11:59am

Gareth Vaughan

Gareth Vaughan expects incoming CEO Steve Jurkovich to bring a new approach to Kiwibank, and fit in well with the state owned bank's NZ Super Fund and ACC shareholders
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One up, one down

30 Apr 18, 5:31pm

David Chaston

1 comment

ANZ pulls out of its low one year home loan rate special, settling back into the middle of the pack. But it did reduce its highish two year rate, but to an undistinguished level
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Ex-ASB executive Steve Jurkovich named Kiwibank's new CEO

26 Apr 18, 10:41am

Gareth Vaughan

9 comments

Steve Jurkovich, who oversaw strong growth of ASB's rural and corporate lending, to succeed Paul Brock as new Kiwibank CEO
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Kiwibank goes long and lower

20 Apr 18, 4:36pm

David Chaston

9 comments

State-owned mortgage lender changes its point of attack, offering market leading fixed home loan rates for terms of three years and longer
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Inflation picked to drop to the bottom of the RBNZ’s target band

16 Apr 18, 4:01pm

Jason Walls

20 comments

The market consensus is for CPI inflation to fall to 1.1% year-on-year when the data is released on Thursday but most bank economists say that figure is higher than they are expecting
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