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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Mighty River Float offer unveiled

Mighty River Power offers shares at NZ$2.35-NZ$2.80/share; retail investors to receive 1 loyalty share for every 25 held for 2 yrs

5th Apr 13, 12:34pm

by Bernard Hickey

Mighty River Power offers shares at NZ$2.35-NZ$2.80/share; retail investors to receive 1 loyalty share for every 25 held for 2 yrs

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: A monster leak of names from tax havens; Why peak oil is still real thing; The dirty little secret of Financial Repression; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

5th Apr 13, 10:09am

by Bernard Hickey

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: A monster leak of names from tax havens; Why peak oil is still real thing; The dirty little secret of Financial Repression; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Japan's war on deflation starts today; Dutch homeowners 'onder water'; China's Weapons of Mass Ponzi; Tiwai Pt data centres?; Dilbert

4th Apr 13, 10:16am

by Bernard Hickey

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Japan's war on deflation starts today; Dutch homeowners 'onder water'; China's Weapons of Mass Ponzi; Tiwai Pt data centres?; Dilbert

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why savers should just STFU; All you need to know about Bitcoin, whether it's a bubble and who actually mints Bitcoins; Jon Stewart on the Murdocholopy; Dilbert

3rd Apr 13, 10:01am

by Bernard Hickey

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why savers should just STFU; All you need to know about Bitcoin, whether it's a bubble and who actually mints Bitcoins; Jon Stewart on the Murdocholopy; Dilbert

Fresh Mighty River float detail due Friday

PM John Key says fresh Mighty River Float detail due on Friday; may include detail on risks around Tiwai Pt closure

2nd Apr 13, 5:06pm

by Bernard Hickey

PM John Key says fresh Mighty River Float detail due on Friday; may include detail on risks around Tiwai Pt closure

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Starving a 'gifting' economy; A call for British socialism; The correlation between Chinese pork prices and gold; The Flight of the Plutocrats; Dilbert

2nd Apr 13, 10:01am

by Bernard Hickey

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Starving a 'gifting' economy; A call for British socialism; The correlation between Chinese pork prices and gold; The Flight of the Plutocrats; Dilbert

Buy now while stocks last

The Reserve Bank is finally getting serious about constraining low-deposit home lending says Bernard Hickey

31st Mar 13, 8:51am

by Bernard Hickey

The Reserve Bank is finally getting serious about constraining low-deposit home lending says Bernard Hickey

Easter Edition Top 10 with NZ Mint

Easter Edition Top 10 with NZ Mint: How to circumvent Cyprus' capital controls; Paul Krugman's hot money blues; US$500 to try on a wedding dress; Eurozone faces slide into Depression; Dilbert

28th Mar 13, 2:44pm

by Bernard Hickey

Easter Edition Top 10 with NZ Mint: How to circumvent Cyprus' capital controls; Paul Krugman's hot money blues; US$500 to try on a wedding dress; Eurozone faces slide into Depression; Dilbert

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: If only Europe had Tui billboards; How some Russians got their money out of Cyprus anyway; A creative compact?; Dilbert

27th Mar 13, 1:18pm

by Bernard Hickey

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: If only Europe had Tui billboards; How some Russians got their money out of Cyprus anyway; A creative compact?; Dilbert

Fonterra increases payout forecast

Fonterra increases payout forecast around 30c to NZ$6.12/kg after strong profit, higher milk powder prices

27th Mar 13, 9:01am

by Bernard Hickey

Fonterra increases payout forecast around 30c to NZ$6.12/kg after strong profit, higher milk powder prices

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Rentier capitalism, takers and makers'; Delaying, denying and distracting on Auckland property; Cyprus' template for Europe; Dilbert

26th Mar 13, 9:55am

by Bernard Hickey

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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Rentier capitalism, takers and makers'; Delaying, denying and distracting on Auckland property; Cyprus' template for Europe; Dilbert

Key defends OBR, says insurance costly

PM John Key defends Open Bank Resolution policy, denies potential for bank runs after using it; Says deposit insurance too costly for consumers

25th Mar 13, 4:53pm

by Bernard Hickey

PM John Key defends Open Bank Resolution policy, denies potential for bank runs after using it; Says deposit insurance too costly for consumers

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'The end of the austerians and sado-monetarists'; The United States of Inequality; 'Entering an age of deflation'; Stephen Colbert on Warren Buffett; Dilbert

25th Mar 13, 11:03am

by Bernard Hickey

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'The end of the austerians and sado-monetarists'; The United States of Inequality; 'Entering an age of deflation'; Stephen Colbert on Warren Buffett; Dilbert

A banking figleaf

Bernard Hickey says the RBNZ's OBR policy is a waste of time. Let s just have a proper deposit guarantee scheme. Your view?

24th Mar 13, 8:19am

by Bernard Hickey

Bernard Hickey says the RBNZ's OBR policy is a waste of time. Let s just have a proper deposit guarantee scheme. Your view?

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How a banking regulator becomes captured; Hail Mary or Hail Vladimir?; Britain hopes for salvation in a new housing boom; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

22nd Mar 13, 12:25pm

by Bernard Hickey

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How a banking regulator becomes captured; Hail Mary or Hail Vladimir?; Britain hopes for salvation in a new housing boom; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: What the red tops think of the UK budget; An Epsom house sells for double CV and will be bowled; The shadow over Australia's Iron Age; Dilbert

21st Mar 13, 12:14pm

by Bernard Hickey

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: What the red tops think of the UK budget; An Epsom house sells for double CV and will be bowled; The shadow over Australia's Iron Age; Dilbert

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The fig leaf of Open Bank Resolution; 'Shut down or break up JP Morgan Chase'; The sneaky use of Salt, Sugar and Fat; Dilbert

20th Mar 13, 10:30am

by Bernard Hickey

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The fig leaf of Open Bank Resolution; 'Shut down or break up JP Morgan Chase'; The sneaky use of Salt, Sugar and Fat; Dilbert

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Should NZ force migrants to live south of Bombay hills?; Why the Cyprus shock risks starting bank runs; Beware the 'omnishambles'; Dilbert

19th Mar 13, 12:40pm

by Bernard Hickey

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Should NZ force migrants to live south of Bombay hills?; Why the Cyprus shock risks starting bank runs; Beware the 'omnishambles'; Dilbert

IMF says NZ$ still 15% over-valued

Head of IMF Mission to NZ says NZ dollar still 15% over-valued and may stay that way for years to come

19th Mar 13, 12:02am

by Bernard Hickey

Head of IMF Mission to NZ says NZ dollar still 15% over-valued and may stay that way for years to come

8 ways to burst the housing bubble

Bernard Hickey has a list of actions that would contain the latest housing price bubble especially in Auckland. Your view?

17th Mar 13, 9:12am

by Bernard Hickey

Bernard Hickey has a list of actions that would contain the latest housing price bubble especially in Auckland. Your view?

RBNZ sees foreign central bank buying of NZ$

RBNZ's Wheeler says aware of foreign central banks and sovereign wealth funds buying NZ govt bonds and pushing up NZ$

14th Mar 13, 2:47pm

by Bernard Hickey

RBNZ's Wheeler says aware of foreign central banks and sovereign wealth funds buying NZ govt bonds and pushing up NZ$

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'There actually is a money tree'; The dangers of flammable sea-bed ice gas; The end of China's one-child policy?;Zombies are an economic indicator; Dilbert

14th Mar 13, 1:00pm

by Bernard Hickey

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'There actually is a money tree'; The dangers of flammable sea-bed ice gas; The end of China's one-child policy?;Zombies are an economic indicator; Dilbert

What the RBNZ's MPS means

Bernard Hickey looks at what the RBNZ's latest monetary policy statement means for mortgage rates and house prices

14th Mar 13, 11:18am

by Bernard Hickey

Bernard Hickey looks at what the RBNZ's latest monetary policy statement means for mortgage rates and house prices

RBNZ concerned about high LVR lending

RBNZ's Wheeler concerned about high LVR lending, which now represents up to 30% of all new lending

14th Mar 13, 10:11am

by Bernard Hickey

RBNZ's Wheeler concerned about high LVR lending, which now represents up to 30% of all new lending

OCR on hold till end of 2013

RBNZ holding OCR this year, but warns again about house price inflation and high NZ$

14th Mar 13, 9:11am

by Bernard Hickey

RBNZ holding OCR this year, but warns again about house price inflation and high NZ$