Bernard Hickey | interest.co.nz

About

Bernard is back as a senior contributor on interest.co.nz. Until September 30, 2012 he was the managing editor here. He had previously worked for 18 years for Reuters, the FT Group and Fairfax as a financial journalist and editor. He is now the publisher of The Kaka.

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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Aussie dollar briefly hits US$ parity; NZ$ weak vs A$; Labour announces foreign ownership turnaround

18th Oct 10, 9:08am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Aussie dollar briefly hits US$ parity; NZ$ weak vs A$; Labour announces foreign ownership turnaround

'Let's embrace austerity and balance'

Opinion: Why NZ needs to embrace austerity and balance in an age of de-leveraging

15th Oct 10, 9:20pm

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: Why NZ needs to embrace austerity and balance in an age of de-leveraging

How LAQCs may morph into LTCs

Deloitte's Pippos sees rental investors switching from LAQCs to Look Through Companies (LTC); 'life goes on as in in the past'

15th Oct 10, 9:03pm

by Bernard Hickey

Deloitte's Pippos sees rental investors switching from LAQCs to Look Through Companies (LTC); 'life goes on as in in the past'

Hubbard lashes out at 'tall poppyists'

Allan Hubbard lashes out at critics, saying he would be seen as a hero if he had splashed out on flash cars and houses

15th Oct 10, 8:26pm

by Bernard Hickey

Allan Hubbard lashes out at critics, saying he would be seen as a hero if he had splashed out on flash cars and houses

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: NZ's 'joyless, jobless recovery; China's shrinking glacier (and food output) problem; NZ = Arkansas; Dilbert

15th Oct 10, 3:44pm

by Bernard Hickey

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: NZ's 'joyless, jobless recovery; China's shrinking glacier (and food output) problem; NZ = Arkansas; Dilbert

NZ$ weakest despite US dollar slide

Opinion: Flat NZ economy a factor as NZ$ relatively weak overnight despite continued talk of QE II and US dollar

15th Oct 10, 9:35am

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: Flat NZ economy a factor as NZ$ relatively weak overnight despite continued talk of QE II and US dollar

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Krugman eyes US$10 trln QE II; Fed may buy corporate bonds; A$ hit 99.9 USc; Singapore tightens; India may intervene

15th Oct 10, 9:02am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Krugman eyes US$10 trln QE II; Fed may buy corporate bonds; A$ hit 99.9 USc; Singapore tightens; India may intervene

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China's asset buying strategy revealed; Why the world needs a new Plaza accord; How QE II won't work; Dilbert

14th Oct 10, 9:07pm

by Bernard Hickey

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China's asset buying strategy revealed; Why the world needs a new Plaza accord; How QE II won't work; Dilbert

House sales down 33% in Sept

REINZ reports median price flat in Sept, but volumes down 33%; Canterbury sales down 57%

14th Oct 10, 10:18am

by Bernard Hickey

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REINZ reports median price flat in Sept, but volumes down 33%; Canterbury sales down 57%

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ$ hits 26 month high vs US$; Aussie dollar nearing parity; Currency wars rage; NZ's Peak oil report

14th Oct 10, 9:02am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ$ hits 26 month high vs US$; Aussie dollar nearing parity; Currency wars rage; NZ's Peak oil report

The cons (and pros) of the brain drain

Double Shot Interview: Waikato Uni's John Gibson talks about who loses (and wins) from the Great Brain Drain and what could/should be done about it

13th Oct 10, 6:12pm

by Bernard Hickey

Double Shot Interview: Waikato Uni's John Gibson talks about who loses (and wins) from the Great Brain Drain and what could/should be done about it

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Allan Crafar's cow mortgages; An ugly Irish brew; Why Robo-signer may be the next credit crunch chapter; Dilbert

13th Oct 10, 12:17pm

by Bernard Hickey

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Allan Crafar's cow mortgages; An ugly Irish brew; Why Robo-signer may be the next credit crunch chapter; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Fed eyes nominal GDP target, QE II set to go; AMP Capital eyes NZ$ parity; Aussie house price boom forecast

13th Oct 10, 9:06am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Fed eyes nominal GDP target, QE II set to go; AMP Capital eyes NZ$ parity; Aussie house price boom forecast

S&P warns of 45% rise in ageing costs

Standard and Poor's warns aging population will increase pension and healthcare costs to 20.9% of GDP by 2050 from 14.4% now

12th Oct 10, 3:18pm

by Bernard Hickey

Standard and Poor's warns aging population will increase pension and healthcare costs to 20.9% of GDP by 2050 from 14.4% now

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Gareth Morgan relaxed about foreign land buys; 'Be patient with China'; A Google Price Index?; Aussies eye NZ rentals; Dilbert

12th Oct 10, 1:19pm

by Bernard Hickey

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Gareth Morgan relaxed about foreign land buys; 'Be patient with China'; A Google Price Index?; Aussies eye NZ rentals; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: IMF meeting fails to calm currency wars; US$ hits 15 yr low vs Yen; China tightens as reserves grow

12th Oct 10, 9:02am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: IMF meeting fails to calm currency wars; US$ hits 15 yr low vs Yen; China tightens as reserves grow

AMP to replace commissions with fees

AMP NZ to replace commissions with fees on investments from July 2011 after survey shows only 23% trusted financial advisers in NZ

11th Oct 10, 2:29pm

by Bernard Hickey

AMP NZ to replace commissions with fees on investments from July 2011 after survey shows only 23% trusted financial advisers in NZ

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Saved by shopping centres?; Pleas for IMF help in Currency Wars; The problem(s) with Basel III; Robo-signer crisis; Dilbert

11th Oct 10, 12:15pm

by Bernard Hickey

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Saved by shopping centres?; Pleas for IMF help in Currency Wars; The problem(s) with Basel III; Robo-signer crisis; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Weak US jobs signal QEII; Currency wars rage; SCF puts Mr Apple on block

11th Oct 10, 8:59am

by Bernard Hickey

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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Weak US jobs signal QEII; Currency wars rage; SCF puts Mr Apple on block

'The problem with China'

Opinion: Why China is refusing to let its currency rise and what this might mean for New Zealand

9th Oct 10, 10:28pm

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: Why China is refusing to let its currency rise and what this might mean for New Zealand

Where next for currency turmoil?

Double Shot Interview: Chris Weston from IG Markets talks about turmoil in global currency markets and what might happen next

9th Oct 10, 10:00pm

by Bernard Hickey

Double Shot Interview: Chris Weston from IG Markets talks about turmoil in global currency markets and what might happen next

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint:What might happen if China doesn't relent; QE II locked and loaded, but still useless; Yuan the next super currency?; Dilbert

9th Oct 10, 9:38pm

by Bernard Hickey

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint:What might happen if China doesn't relent; QE II locked and loaded, but still useless; Yuan the next super currency?; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Aussie dollar neared parity vs US$; US dollar wobbles ahead of key IMF 'Currency Wars' meeting

8th Oct 10, 9:02am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Aussie dollar neared parity vs US$; US dollar wobbles ahead of key IMF 'Currency Wars' meeting

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'US should fight currency intervention fire with fire'; 'Pan-Pacific Queasing' squeezing NZ$, A$; NZ's high tax rate; Dilbert

7th Oct 10, 4:40pm

by Bernard Hickey

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'US should fight currency intervention fire with fire'; 'Pan-Pacific Queasing' squeezing NZ$, A$; NZ's high tax rate; Dilbert

QV reports falling property values

QV report for September shows property values down 5.3% from late 07 peak and down 1.4% from March 2010

7th Oct 10, 1:29pm

by Bernard Hickey

QV report for September shows property values down 5.3% from late 07 peak and down 1.4% from March 2010