sign up log in
Want to go ad-free? Find out how, here.

Bernard Hickey

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.

Member for

15 years 7 months

Latest articles

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Lamborghini-driving real estate agent caught naked; US Foreclosure mills; Diamond encrusted Kookaburra; China's slow property leak; Dilbert
28th Sep 10, 10:03am
by Bernard Hickey
25
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Lamborghini-driving real estate agent caught naked; US Foreclosure mills; Diamond encrusted Kookaburra; China's slow property leak; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: European turmoil deepens as Anglo Irish downgraded; Gold hits record and US Treasuries rally again
28th Sep 10, 8:47am
by Bernard Hickey
7
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: European turmoil deepens as Anglo Irish downgraded; Gold hits record and US Treasuries rally again
Cunliffe calls for SCF inquiry
Double Shot Interview: Labour's David Cunliffe calls for South Canterbury Finance inquiry; criticises trustees and investment regulation
27th Sep 10, 5:50pm
by Bernard Hickey
33
Double Shot Interview: Labour's David Cunliffe calls for South Canterbury Finance inquiry; criticises trustees and investment regulation
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China's 'Bridges to Nowhere'; Better ways to measure GDP?; A Latvian implosion; The Long Finance movement; Dilberts
27th Sep 10, 2:27pm
by Bernard Hickey
40
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China's 'Bridges to Nowhere'; Better ways to measure GDP?; A Latvian implosion; The Long Finance movement; Dilberts
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Concern raised over NZ's halal meat exports to Britain; Real Estate agents struggle; SCF's Fijian woes
27th Sep 10, 8:02am
by Bernard Hickey
20
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Concern raised over NZ's halal meat exports to Britain; Real Estate agents struggle; SCF's Fijian woes
Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: America's generational wealth transfer; Inside the Inside job; Does free trade kill empires?; Dilbert
24th Sep 10, 8:45pm
by Bernard Hickey
79
Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: America's generational wealth transfer; Inside the Inside job; Does free trade kill empires?; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: OCR hike seen delayed until early 2011 after weak GDP; Serepisos defaults; US v China trade tensions build
24th Sep 10, 8:56am
by Bernard Hickey
43
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: OCR hike seen delayed until early 2011 after weak GDP; Serepisos defaults; US v China trade tensions build
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Cunliffe attacks the 'permanent plutocrats'; China bans rare metal sales to Japan; 'Mortgagee Robosigner'; Dilbert
23rd Sep 10, 7:01pm
by Bernard Hickey
24
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Cunliffe attacks the 'permanent plutocrats'; China bans rare metal sales to Japan; 'Mortgagee Robosigner'; Dilbert
Fonterra firms up milk payout
Fonterra finalises 23% rise in milk payout for 2009/10; sees further 11% rise in 2010/11
23rd Sep 10, 12:27pm
by Bernard Hickey
25
Fonterra finalises 23% rise in milk payout for 2009/10; sees further 11% rise in 2010/11
NZ GDP growth weak in June qtr
GDP growth of 0.2% weaker than economists' forecasts for 0.7%; NZ dollar and wholesale interest rates fall
23rd Sep 10, 11:10am
by Bernard Hickey
33
GDP growth of 0.2% weaker than economists' forecasts for 0.7%; NZ dollar and wholesale interest rates fall
'I'm not stupid, senile or fraudulent'
Allan Hubbard denies fraud, senility and stupidity in interview; says may be naive and made mistakes as humans do
23rd Sep 10, 10:08am
by Bernard Hickey
17
Allan Hubbard denies fraud, senility and stupidity in interview; says may be naive and made mistakes as humans do
Roost Home Loan Affordability report
Home loan affordability improves to best level in 1 year; Queenstown least affordable again; Timaru most affordable
23rd Sep 10, 9:16am
by Bernard Hickey
20
Home loan affordability improves to best level in 1 year; Queenstown least affordable again; Timaru most affordable
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Blockbuster near bankruptcy; Dow down on weak results; NZ$ strong as US$ weakens; Gold at record high on money printing fears
23rd Sep 10, 8:51am
by Bernard Hickey
38
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Blockbuster near bankruptcy; Dow down on weak results; NZ$ strong as US$ weakens; Gold at record high on money printing fears
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Labour's Cunliffe asking South Canterbury questions; Will Fed have to print US$30 tln?; How govts default; Dilbert
22nd Sep 10, 6:37pm
by Bernard Hickey
29
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Labour's Cunliffe asking South Canterbury questions; Will Fed have to print US$30 tln?; How govts default; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Fed says ready to print, but not yet; NZ$ strengthens; Obama ally Summers to go
22nd Sep 10, 9:00am
by Bernard Hickey
71
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Fed says ready to print, but not yet; NZ$ strengthens; Obama ally Summers to go
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint:'The case against home ownership'; Loan shark trucks; 'In praise of inflation'; Dilbert
21st Sep 10, 7:45pm
by Bernard Hickey
34
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint:'The case against home ownership'; Loan shark trucks; 'In praise of inflation'; Dilbert
'Please use your credit cards more'
Banks lift credit card limits by record amount two months ahead of GST increase, but few takers yet
21st Sep 10, 5:05pm
by Bernard Hickey
8
Banks lift credit card limits by record amount two months ahead of GST increase, but few takers yet
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: RBA turns more hawkish on rates; Dow up as US recession 'over'; Gold hits fresh record; Irish woes deepen
21st Sep 10, 8:23am
by Bernard Hickey
75
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: RBA turns more hawkish on rates; Dow up as US recession 'over'; Gold hits fresh record; Irish woes deepen
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: A neat pensions trick; 'We shoot bambi'; A 'chilling fog' of competitive devaluations; Dilberts
20th Sep 10, 7:37pm
by Bernard Hickey
20
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: A neat pensions trick; 'We shoot bambi'; A 'chilling fog' of competitive devaluations; Dilberts
Being good can hurt
Opinion: What the retreat of the Debt tide means
20th Sep 10, 10:25am
by Bernard Hickey
4
Opinion: What the retreat of the Debt tide means
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Will QE II set sail this week?; NZ GDP figures due; Tax refunds to be blocked?
20th Sep 10, 7:57am
by Bernard Hickey
56
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Will QE II set sail this week?; NZ GDP figures due; Tax refunds to be blocked?
Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: 'Send lawyers, guns and money'; Japan's inexorable fiscal implosion; America's Zombie economy; Greek and Irish fat ladies; Dilbert
17th Sep 10, 1:00pm
by Bernard Hickey
25
Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: 'Send lawyers, guns and money'; Japan's inexorable fiscal implosion; America's Zombie economy; Greek and Irish fat ladies; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ$ and wholesale rates fall after RBNZ holds OCR; May Wang's Crafar bid set to be blocked
17th Sep 10, 8:53am
by Bernard Hickey
14
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ$ and wholesale rates fall after RBNZ holds OCR; May Wang's Crafar bid set to be blocked
'It's all about the debt'
Opinion: RBNZ's more modest rates outlook shows how debt deleveraging has changed the world
16th Sep 10, 9:20am
by Bernard Hickey
42
Opinion: RBNZ's more modest rates outlook shows how debt deleveraging has changed the world
RBNZ holds at 3%; sees 4.7% peak
RBNZ holds OCR at 3%; sees 90 day bill rate rising to 4.7% by March 2013; much less than previously forecast
16th Sep 10, 9:08am
by Bernard Hickey
72
RBNZ holds OCR at 3%; sees 90 day bill rate rising to 4.7% by March 2013; much less than previously forecast