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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.

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15 years 6 months

Latest articles

Govt wants Auckland land supply doubled
Govt says Auckland would have to double available land to meet its own target of 13,000 extra homes a year for 30 years
13th Mar 13, 1:20pm
by Bernard Hickey
91
Govt says Auckland would have to double available land to meet its own target of 13,000 extra homes a year for 30 years
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint:Hong Kong-style LVR limits not so bad; Portugal's population being gutted; UK's 'funding for lending on steroids'; China's love hunters; Dilbert
13th Mar 13, 10:05am
by Bernard Hickey
12
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint:Hong Kong-style LVR limits not so bad; Portugal's population being gutted; UK's 'funding for lending on steroids'; China's love hunters; Dilbert
Drought to 'peg back' GDP growth-English
English says drought 'will peg back GDP growth, but we don't know how much yet'; says will also make it 'bit harder' for Govt to make surplus in 2014/15
12th Mar 13, 2:28pm
by Bernard Hickey
5
English says drought 'will peg back GDP growth, but we don't know how much yet'; says will also make it 'bit harder' for Govt to make surplus in 2014/15
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: A new frenzy of leveraged buy outs; 'Too big to jail'; China's Lewis turning point; 'The end of central bank independence'; A nasty shock for Angela; Dilbert
12th Mar 13, 12:01pm
by Bernard Hickey
2
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: A new frenzy of leveraged buy outs; 'Too big to jail'; China's Lewis turning point; 'The end of central bank independence'; A nasty shock for Angela; Dilbert
When greed isn't good
Bernard Hickey says Forsyth Barr should be dumped from the panel selling the Mighty River Power float and investors should go through the prospectus with a fine tooth comb and a very sceptical eye. Your view?
10th Mar 13, 10:01am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey says Forsyth Barr should be dumped from the panel selling the Mighty River Power float and investors should go through the prospectus with a fine tooth comb and a very sceptical eye. Your view?
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Do the Plutocrats really want a revolution?; Morality and monetary policy; China warns Japan about 'garbage bin' money printing; The penthouse with a gym for cats; Dilbert; Clarke and Dawe
8th Mar 13, 12:45pm
by Bernard Hickey
36
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Do the Plutocrats really want a revolution?; Morality and monetary policy; China warns Japan about 'garbage bin' money printing; The penthouse with a gym for cats; Dilbert; Clarke and Dawe
Budget deficit better than forecast
Budget deficit of NZ$2.5 bln in 7 mths to Jan was NZ$571 mln better than expected due to higher taxes and lower spending than expected, Treasury reports
8th Mar 13, 10:09am
by Bernard Hickey
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Budget deficit of NZ$2.5 bln in 7 mths to Jan was NZ$571 mln better than expected due to higher taxes and lower spending than expected, Treasury reports
Z Energy eyes Q3 float of 40-60%
Infratil and NZ Super Fund say planning possible float of 40-60% of Z Energy on NZX in third quarter of 2013
8th Mar 13, 9:03am
by Bernard Hickey
6
Infratil and NZ Super Fund say planning possible float of 40-60% of Z Energy on NZX in third quarter of 2013
The smoking gun emails that exposed Forsyth Barr
Forsyth Barr executives exposed in emails published by Commerce Commission: "We catch more flies with honey than vinegar!"; "We're not selling bloody cigarettes!"
7th Mar 13, 2:15pm
by Bernard Hickey
12
Forsyth Barr executives exposed in emails published by Commerce Commission: "We catch more flies with honey than vinegar!"; "We're not selling bloody cigarettes!"
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Accountants should stop bleating about IRD's tax avoidance win'; 'I ain't afraid of no ghost cities'; Virginia's push for a gold-backed US$; The great baby-boomer house sale to come; Dilbert
7th Mar 13, 10:56am
by Bernard Hickey
39
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Accountants should stop bleating about IRD's tax avoidance win'; 'I ain't afraid of no ghost cities'; Virginia's push for a gold-backed US$; The great baby-boomer house sale to come; Dilbert
ComCom slams Forsyth Barr
Commerce Commission says Forsyth Barr's promotion of 'capital protected' Credit SaILS was "both misleading and deceptive"; shouldn't have been marketed to retail investors
7th Mar 13, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
9
Commerce Commission says Forsyth Barr's promotion of 'capital protected' Credit SaILS was "both misleading and deceptive"; shouldn't have been marketed to retail investors
Bernard's guide to Fixing vs Floating
Bernard Hickey looks at whether or fix or float, what's happening with house prices, and what economists are saying
6th Mar 13, 5:13pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey looks at whether or fix or float, what's happening with house prices, and what economists are saying
Treasury denies MRP data leak
Treasury denies data from MRP float pre-registration leaked to broker; says cold-calls and emails to investors after pre-registering just coincidental
6th Mar 13, 12:08pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Treasury denies data from MRP float pre-registration leaked to broker; says cold-calls and emails to investors after pre-registering just coincidental
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Hey Jive Turkey. Your stock's about to plummet!'; Spidermen window-cleaners; 'The age of austerity is ending'; Fund managers paying CEOs for access; Dilbert
6th Mar 13, 10:30am
by Bernard Hickey
15
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Hey Jive Turkey. Your stock's about to plummet!'; Spidermen window-cleaners; 'The age of austerity is ending'; Fund managers paying CEOs for access; Dilbert
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Italy's 'dead man talking' and why it should leave the euro and default on its 'crushing' debt; China's soil pollution state secret; Dilbert
5th Mar 13, 11:33am
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Italy's 'dead man talking' and why it should leave the euro and default on its 'crushing' debt; China's soil pollution state secret; Dilbert
Govt may lift MRP scaling threshold
SOE Minister Tony Ryall says those who pre-register for MRP float will get 25% more shares than those investors who don't pre-register
5th Mar 13, 10:21am
by Bernard Hickey
12
SOE Minister Tony Ryall says those who pre-register for MRP float will get 25% more shares than those investors who don't pre-register
Key sees MRP float done by mid-May
Key says cabinet gives go-ahead for Mighty River Power float to be completed by mid-May
4th Mar 13, 2:20pm
by Bernard Hickey
Key says cabinet gives go-ahead for Mighty River Power float to be completed by mid-May
Key eyes MRP float green light today
PM John Key says cabinet to decide on green light for Mighty River Power float details today; confirms ASX listing possible; confirms Goldman reviewing Kiwibank, but no sale planned
4th Mar 13, 7:43am
by Bernard Hickey
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PM John Key says cabinet to decide on green light for Mighty River Power float details today; confirms ASX listing possible; confirms Goldman reviewing Kiwibank, but no sale planned
Uneven playing field
Bernard Hickey says the government will change the rules and give subsidies to those sectors and companies it likes the look of and he wants manufacturing exporters included
3rd Mar 13, 10:03am
by Bernard Hickey
38
Bernard Hickey says the government will change the rules and give subsidies to those sectors and companies it likes the look of and he wants manufacturing exporters included
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Asian buyers pricing NZ developers out of Auckland market'; A NZ$1 mln 'do-up' in Sandringham; Most Kiwis want controls on foreign buying of rentals; China's Debt Bomb; A flash mob with guns; Dilbert; Clarke and Dawe
1st Mar 13, 12:39pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Asian buyers pricing NZ developers out of Auckland market'; A NZ$1 mln 'do-up' in Sandringham; Most Kiwis want controls on foreign buying of rentals; China's Debt Bomb; A flash mob with guns; Dilbert; Clarke and Dawe
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Toronto building 144 skyscrapers full of apartments; American sequester layoffs loom; China's 'Cancer Villages'; 72 is the new 30; Europe's debt delusion; Dilbert
28th Feb 13, 9:27am
by Bernard Hickey
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Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Toronto building 144 skyscrapers full of apartments; American sequester layoffs loom; China's 'Cancer Villages'; 72 is the new 30; Europe's debt delusion; Dilbert
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How to deleverage less painfully; The Manning plan for NZ deleveraging; The amazing Grillini's next task; Why Sam Morgan should build a ticketing system for his dad; Dilbert
27th Feb 13, 11:23am
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How to deleverage less painfully; The Manning plan for NZ deleveraging; The amazing Grillini's next task; Why Sam Morgan should build a ticketing system for his dad; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: Italy Grillo-ed
90 seconds at 9 am: Italian stocks fall 5% and bond yields spike after comedians create electoral vacuum; Rabobank faces LIBOR rigging fine; France calls for ECB to join 'currency wars'
27th Feb 13, 8:51am
by Bernard Hickey
3
90 seconds at 9 am: Italian stocks fall 5% and bond yields spike after comedians create electoral vacuum; Rabobank faces LIBOR rigging fine; France calls for ECB to join 'currency wars'
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Austerity doesn't work when everyone does it at the same time; QBE eyes offshoring 3,000 jobs; 'The Italians are revolting'; China's netizens revolt too; Dilbert
26th Feb 13, 11:08am
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Austerity doesn't work when everyone does it at the same time; QBE eyes offshoring 3,000 jobs; 'The Italians are revolting'; China's netizens revolt too; Dilbert
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why didn't BNZ talk to its financially illiterate borrowers before lending them half a million dollars?; Time to audit the big 4?; Tip-toeing back from stimulus; Dilbert
25th Feb 13, 10:04am
by Bernard Hickey
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Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why didn't BNZ talk to its financially illiterate borrowers before lending them half a million dollars?; Time to audit the big 4?; Tip-toeing back from stimulus; Dilbert