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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Net emigration to Australia up 54%

Migration of New Zealanders to Australia surges again in July; More Indians, Chinese arriving than Brits

20th Aug 10, 11:49am

by Bernard Hickey

Migration of New Zealanders to Australia surges again in July; More Indians, Chinese arriving than Brits

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why America may blow up rather than stagnate; Spain's 2 sets of accounts; Self managing compulsory KiwiSaver?; Dilbert

19th Aug 10, 12:37pm

by Bernard Hickey

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why America may blow up rather than stagnate; Spain's 2 sets of accounts; Self managing compulsory KiwiSaver?; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Oil price falls; GM IPO on; China bigger than US by 2027?; Watson's Apparel nearly bust

19th Aug 10, 8:59am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Oil price falls; GM IPO on; China bigger than US by 2027?; Watson's Apparel nearly bust

Big Home Loan Affordability boost

Roost Home Loan Affordability Report for July shows biggest improvement in 18 months

19th Aug 10, 7:54am

by Bernard Hickey

Roost Home Loan Affordability Report for July shows biggest improvement in 18 months

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Hubbard to get off?; Property investors lose their appetites; Aussie property 'Ponzi scheme'; Dilbert

18th Aug 10, 9:42am

by Bernard Hickey

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Hubbard to get off?; Property investors lose their appetites; Aussie property 'Ponzi scheme'; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Dow up on big BHP, Hart cash takeover bids; Govt recapitalisation of South Canterbury Finance?

18th Aug 10, 8:17am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Dow up on big BHP, Hart cash takeover bids; Govt recapitalisation of South Canterbury Finance?

Asian markets pressured

Weak Japanese growth pressures Asian markets; Aussie stocks up ahead of election

17th Aug 10, 7:26pm

by Bernard Hickey

Weak Japanese growth pressures Asian markets; Aussie stocks up ahead of election

The problem with compulsion

Opinion: The problem with compulsory KiwiSaver: it might not solve New Zealand's domestic capital starvation

17th Aug 10, 2:27pm

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: The problem with compulsory KiwiSaver: it might not solve New Zealand's domestic capital starvation

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Do we really need pensions reform?; America's rotten corporate heart; Fake gold stress; Dilbert

17th Aug 10, 12:35pm

by Bernard Hickey

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Do we really need pensions reform?; America's rotten corporate heart; Fake gold stress; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Key supportive of compulsory KiwiSaver; Income splitting costly; Dire Japanese GDP

17th Aug 10, 8:54am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Key supportive of compulsory KiwiSaver; Income splitting costly; Dire Japanese GDP

Asian stocks lower on global fear

Asian stocks lower on global fears; Aussie market also down despite strong Lihir, Bluescope results

16th Aug 10, 6:39pm

by Bernard Hickey

Asian stocks lower on global fears; Aussie market also down despite strong Lihir, Bluescope results

Currency CFDs most popular in NZ

Double Shot Interview: Most CFD traders in NZ focused on currencies, says IG Markets

16th Aug 10, 6:26pm

by Bernard Hickey

Double Shot Interview: Most CFD traders in NZ focused on currencies, says IG Markets

HSBC holds 6 mth rate under 5%

HSBC holds 6 month mortgage rate at 4.99% and cuts 4 year mortgage to 7.3%

16th Aug 10, 5:00pm

by Bernard Hickey

HSBC holds 6 month mortgage rate at 4.99% and cuts 4 year mortgage to 7.3%

ASB hikes cash deposit rates

ASB moves first; hikes all cash account and deposit rates by 25 bps

16th Aug 10, 12:42pm

by Bernard Hickey

ASB moves first; hikes all cash account and deposit rates by 25 bps

Services sector slides in July

BusinessNZ-BNZ survey shows services sector weakest since October 2009

16th Aug 10, 12:16pm

by Bernard Hickey

BusinessNZ-BNZ survey shows services sector weakest since October 2009

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Key staunch on NZ Super; Really ugly and well dressed cats; Rubberised felines; Roubini speaks; Dilberts

16th Aug 10, 11:23am

by Bernard Hickey

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Key staunch on NZ Super; Really ugly and well dressed cats; Rubberised felines; Roubini speaks; Dilberts

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Compulsory KiwiSaver?; Term Deposit tax breaks?; Strong German growth; Cash under mattresses

16th Aug 10, 8:49am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Compulsory KiwiSaver?; Term Deposit tax breaks?; Strong German growth; Cash under mattresses

Westpac, ANZ cut 2 yr rates again

Westpac, ANZ and National cut 2 year mortgage rates to catch up with Kiwibank

13th Aug 10, 5:58pm

by Bernard Hickey

Westpac, ANZ and National cut 2 year mortgage rates to catch up with Kiwibank

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: Gangs and property developers; Chinese money laundered in NZ?; 0 % bonds; Mortgage morality; Dilbert

13th Aug 10, 3:28pm

by Bernard Hickey

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: Gangs and property developers; Chinese money laundered in NZ?; 0 % bonds; Mortgage morality; Dilbert

Property sales hit record low

REINZ reports property sales hit record low in July; median price down 1% in a month

13th Aug 10, 10:12am

by Bernard Hickey

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REINZ reports property sales hit record low in July; median price down 1% in a month

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Dow down on US jobless claims; NZ$ down too; Allied woes worsen;

13th Aug 10, 9:02am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Dow down on US jobless claims; NZ$ down too; Allied woes worsen;

Here's why we'd like you to register to be a commenter in our interest.co.nz community

12th Aug 10, 5:36pm

by Bernard Hickey

Here's why we'd like you to register to be a commenter in our interest.co.nz community

Infometrics sees 4.1% housing fall

Infometrics now sees 4.1% fall in house prices by mid 2011, but then a rebound to 10% annual growth by 2013

12th Aug 10, 4:46pm

by Bernard Hickey

Infometrics now sees 4.1% fall in house prices by mid 2011, but then a rebound to 10% annual growth by 2013

'Kiwibank not profitable enough'

Kiwibank not profitable enough to generate capital internally to grow, CBA's Norris says

12th Aug 10, 4:15pm

by Bernard Hickey

Kiwibank not profitable enough to generate capital internally to grow, CBA's Norris says

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: No Hubbard report...yet; US extend and pretend; 'Death to money printers'; Roubini's rock and a hard place; Dilbert

12th Aug 10, 11:12am

by Bernard Hickey

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: No Hubbard report...yet; US extend and pretend; 'Death to money printers'; Roubini's rock and a hard place; Dilbert