RBNZ

25 Mar 19, 9:04am

Roger J Kerr says it will take some 'extraordinarily positive' news to propel the Kiwi dollar through the US70c barrier in coming months
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Channeling Reddell & Harrison

24 Mar 19, 12:20pm

Rodney Dickens

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Rodney Dickens explores why our productivity growth is falling, with a special look at migration flows and the new bank capital requirements
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2018 economic growth slowest since 2014

21 Mar 19, 10:51am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Economy expands by 0.6% in December quarter surprising the Reserve Bank but not the market; Economists divided over whether slow growth will persist in 2019
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Hybrid 'CoCo' capital does work, my research shows

18 Mar 19, 11:45am

Martien Lubberink

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Martien Lubberink says the RBNZ should soften its bank capital proposals and allow the use of hybrid capital which could save taxpayers' money & benefit cooperative and mutually owned banks
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Crunch time looming for Aussie dollar speculators

18 Mar 19, 8:16am

Roger J Kerr

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Roger J Kerr says the stage is set for a big turnaround in the Australian exchange rate and when that happens the NZ dollar-Aussie dollar cross-rate will reverse back towards A93c 'as it always does'
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RBNZ not an RBA disciple

14 Mar 19, 5:00am

Guest

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As the chance of RBA rate cuts rise, it is wrong to think the RBNZ will follow as momentum here is very different and the RBNZ is meeting its targets, BNZ's Stephen Toplis says
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'Substantial progress made to delink sales directly to reward for front line staff'

13 Mar 19, 4:27pm

Gareth Vaughan

Update from Stephen Sedgwick says Aussie banks weaning themselves off reliance on pay incentives linked to sales in retail banking
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'The RBNZ action appears quite sensible'

13 Mar 19, 5:00am

Gareth Vaughan

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RBNZ bank capital proposals appear quite sensible given the unique New Zealand banking market structure, Deutsche Bank analysts say
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'Anticipate intensive lobbying from the large banks'

12 Mar 19, 5:00am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Government warned of big bank backlash in wake of surprise Reserve Bank capital proposals going above international norm
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Country's largest insurer makes move to retreat from Wellington

11 Mar 19, 4:05pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

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IAG pulls back from providing contents insurance to new customers in Wellington in further move to more risk-based pricing
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Caught in a downdraft

11 Mar 19, 8:22am

Roger J Kerr

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Roger J Kerr says the current pessimism around the Australian and New Zealand currencies is not justified
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Hold the front page: Big bank profits fall

5 Mar 19, 9:52am

Gareth Vaughan

New Zealand's big five banks deliver a strong quarter's financial performance, but some banks would have work to do to meet RBNZ's capital proposals
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NZBA says a Crown entity-style board should oversee the RBNZ

5 Mar 19, 9:49am

Gareth Vaughan

New Zealand Bankers' Association calls for the adoption in NZ of Aussie-style authorised deposit-taking institution framework
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Exchange rate forecasts under the spotlight

4 Mar 19, 8:33am

Roger J Kerr

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Roger J Kerr says being over-reliant on a particular exchange forecast when managing FX risks has its own dangers when those forecasts suddenly change or are extreme and thus seem a long way from reality
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Fresh assessment of NZ's financial sector regulatory architecture well overdue

2 Mar 19, 9:44am

Geof Mortlock

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Geof Mortlock argues the Reserve Bank is about as much use as a financial regulator as is a cricket umpire who is nearly blind and who understands little about the game
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'Highly unlikely' the RBNZ will change its capital proposals

1 Mar 19, 10:05am

Gareth Vaughan

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UBS analysts suggest Aussie banks' response to RBNZ's proposals to increase bank capital will have economic impact on NZ 'larger than assumed by the RBNZ'
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Mortgage growth stays steady

28 Feb 19, 3:29pm

David Hargreaves

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Latest Reserve Bank monthly figures show mortgage credit growth remains above 6%, while agricultural and business credit are rising again but consumer credit is falling
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The RBNZ appears deadly serious about its bank capital proposals

27 Feb 19, 4:07pm

Gareth Vaughan

Gareth Vaughan says NZ's 4 Aussie owned banks may have a hard row to hoe in getting the RBNZ's proposals for them to hold significantly more capital rolled back
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First home buyers still strong in the market

27 Feb 19, 3:47pm

David Hargreaves

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Latest Reserve Bank figures show first home buyers getting a record high share of new mortgage money for the second consecutive month
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Time to start taking one global threat more seriously

27 Feb 19, 5:00am

Rodney Dickens

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Rodney Dickens says the stirring of wage inflation worldwide signals official interest rates will need to be higher than many expect, which in turn will cause extreme turmoil in financial markets
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