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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

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ$ under 76 USc on market worries about global economy; Markets now see RBNZ cutting OCR; European fears deepen
18th Nov 11, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
41
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ$ under 76 USc on market worries about global economy; Markets now see RBNZ cutting OCR; European fears deepen
Kiwibank offers 4.99% mortgage
Kiwibank offers 6 month mortgage 'special' at 4.99% for 'limited time only'; says it's a record low for Kiwibank; 'Normal' 6 month mortgage rate was 5.65%
17th Nov 11, 2:48pm
by Bernard Hickey
42
Kiwibank offers 6 month mortgage 'special' at 4.99% for 'limited time only'; says it's a record low for Kiwibank; 'Normal' 6 month mortgage rate was 5.65%
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: EU boss warns of 'systemic crisis' for Eurozone; Krugman sees 'Eurogeddon'; Positive Money campaign; 'Cashed-up Bogans'; Dilbert
17th Nov 11, 2:03pm
by Bernard Hickey
66
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: EU boss warns of 'systemic crisis' for Eurozone; Krugman sees 'Eurogeddon'; Positive Money campaign; 'Cashed-up Bogans'; Dilbert
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: America's disappearing oil discovery miracle; Germany's new National Socialist movement; NZ youth jobless rate near Egyptian levels; Dilbert
15th Nov 11, 11:41pm
by Bernard Hickey
95
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: America's disappearing oil discovery miracle; Germany's new National Socialist movement; NZ youth jobless rate near Egyptian levels; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ; Record Italian bond yield renews Eurozone fears; European factory output slumps; Global recession forecast; Obama hits out at China; NZ$ down
15th Nov 11, 9:08am
by Bernard Hickey
29
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ; Record Italian bond yield renews Eurozone fears; European factory output slumps; Global recession forecast; Obama hits out at China; NZ$ down
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China set to ease to stave off Euromess contagion; Big Bazooka euro fund forced to buy its own bonds; 'Weeks from euro collapse'; Dilbert
14th Nov 11, 10:14pm
by Bernard Hickey
47
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China set to ease to stave off Euromess contagion; Big Bazooka euro fund forced to buy its own bonds; 'Weeks from euro collapse'; Dilbert
RBNZ's Bollard talks on CFR, OBR, Europe
RBNZ Governor Alan Bollard says CFR hike delayed to help banks avoid higher funding costs and spillover into NZ lending; explains Open Bank Resoution
14th Nov 11, 4:02pm
by Bernard Hickey
7
RBNZ Governor Alan Bollard says CFR hike delayed to help banks avoid higher funding costs and spillover into NZ lending; explains Open Bank Resoution
Silvio a frog who boiled in hot debt
Opinion: Bernard Hickey argues NZ's Phil Goff and John Key should be wary of the fate of Silvio Berlusconi, the frog who boiled in hot debt
14th Nov 11, 8:07am
by Bernard Hickey
40
Opinion: Bernard Hickey argues NZ's Phil Goff and John Key should be wary of the fate of Silvio Berlusconi, the frog who boiled in hot debt
Dan Bell now sees RBNZ rate cut
Double Shot Interview: HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's global currencies action, including the Italian bond meltdown; He sees RBNZ cut of OCR now possible
11th Nov 11, 8:18pm
by Bernard Hickey
16
Double Shot Interview: HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's global currencies action, including the Italian bond meltdown; He sees RBNZ cut of OCR now possible
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Germans start planning for Greek exit from euro; Japanese auditing nightmare; UK's economic armageddon fear; Dilbert
11th Nov 11, 11:47am
by Bernard Hickey
101
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Germans start planning for Greek exit from euro; Japanese auditing nightmare; UK's economic armageddon fear; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Europe somewhat calmer overnight as Greece finds PM and Italian bonds improve, but volatile; NZ$ falls to 77.3 USc
11th Nov 11, 9:02am
by Bernard Hickey
10
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Europe somewhat calmer overnight as Greece finds PM and Italian bonds improve, but volatile; NZ$ falls to 77.3 USc
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: France and Germany openly contemplate Euro breakup; Rick Perry's live brain implosion; Why the rich are lucky rather than deserving; The Economist's elegant gloat; Dilbert
10th Nov 11, 8:09pm
by Bernard Hickey
9
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: France and Germany openly contemplate Euro breakup; Rick Perry's live brain implosion; Why the rich are lucky rather than deserving; The Economist's elegant gloat; Dilbert
English fires shot across banks' bows
Finance Minister Bill English quietly warns banks not to further widen their profit margins by increasing mortgage rates more than OCR
10th Nov 11, 4:42pm
by Bernard Hickey
37
Finance Minister Bill English quietly warns banks not to further widen their profit margins by increasing mortgage rates more than OCR
Where interest rates and house prices are headed
The crystal ball: Post Nov 10 FSR: Where interest rates and house prices are headed over the next couple of years
10th Nov 11, 3:08pm
by Bernard Hickey
35
The crystal ball: Post Nov 10 FSR: Where interest rates and house prices are headed over the next couple of years
RBNZ delays CFR increase to 2013
RBNZ delays increase in Core Funding Ratio for banks to 75% from 70% by 6 months to Jan 1, 2013 due to volatile global funding markets
10th Nov 11, 9:05am
by Bernard Hickey
42
RBNZ delays increase in Core Funding Ratio for banks to 75% from 70% by 6 months to Jan 1, 2013 due to volatile global funding markets
Trade Me's float prospectus is here. Your view?
Trade Me releases 257 page prospectus for float to raise NZ$363.5 mln at NZ$2.70/shr. Your thoughts on the detail?
9th Nov 11, 6:19pm
by Bernard Hickey
30
Trade Me releases 257 page prospectus for float to raise NZ$363.5 mln at NZ$2.70/shr. Your thoughts on the detail?
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Europeans banks begin offloading Eurozone bonds; 'Stop paying bonuses to bankers'; Beware hot money freezing; Dilbert
9th Nov 11, 4:06pm
by Bernard Hickey
34
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Europeans banks begin offloading Eurozone bonds; 'Stop paying bonuses to bankers'; Beware hot money freezing; Dilbert
QV says house values rising across NZ
Quotable Value says in October report values now rising across most of NZ, spreading from central Auckland, ChCh; Your experience
9th Nov 11, 12:39pm
by Bernard Hickey
107
Quotable Value says in October report values now rising across most of NZ, spreading from central Auckland, ChCh; Your experience
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Berlusconi tells President he will quit; Italian borrowing costs surge; Greece still without PM; NZ$ solid
9th Nov 11, 9:02am
by Bernard Hickey
30
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Berlusconi tells President he will quit; Italian borrowing costs surge; Greece still without PM; NZ$ solid
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'I can't repay my loan, so cut off my finger instead'; Hamilton's ruinous V8 series; 'Chinese property prices in freefall'; Europe's toxic bond fund to buy toxic bonds; Dilbert
8th Nov 11, 1:45pm
by Bernard Hickey
23
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'I can't repay my loan, so cut off my finger instead'; Hamilton's ruinous V8 series; 'Chinese property prices in freefall'; Europe's toxic bond fund to buy toxic bonds; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Italian bond yields blow out as Berlusconi's refusal to resign deepens European crisis; All eyes on Italian vote; NZ$ flat
8th Nov 11, 9:02am
by Bernard Hickey
14
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Italian bond yields blow out as Berlusconi's refusal to resign deepens European crisis; All eyes on Italian vote; NZ$ flat
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: German's eye raid on Bundesbank gold to boost bazooka fund; Eurozone Chapter 11 plan; Obama's duplicity; Wall St's big lie; Dilbert
7th Nov 11, 1:56pm
by Bernard Hickey
45
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: German's eye raid on Bundesbank gold to boost bazooka fund; Eurozone Chapter 11 plan; Obama's duplicity; Wall St's big lie; Dilbert
National eyes loan shark crackdown
National Govt eyes crackdown on loan sharks, tougher disclosure rules for consumer lending
7th Nov 11, 9:34am
by Bernard Hickey
3
National Govt eyes crackdown on loan sharks, tougher disclosure rules for consumer lending
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Greece set to form govt of national unity as Eurozone crisis deepens; Italy next in firing line; Greens eye Kiwisaver 'public option'
7th Nov 11, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
14
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Greece set to form govt of national unity as Eurozone crisis deepens; Italy next in firing line; Greens eye Kiwisaver 'public option'
Greens eye KiwiSaver 'public option'
Green Party proposes 'public option' for managing KiwiSaver through NZ Super fund to save tens of thousands of dollars in fees
7th Nov 11, 8:09am
by Bernard Hickey
51
Green Party proposes 'public option' for managing KiwiSaver through NZ Super fund to save tens of thousands of dollars in fees