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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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The Great Disruption to unsustainable non-growth; Asia's non-decoupling; Matt Taibbi's advice to occupy Wall St; Cartoons galore; Dilbert

14th Oct 11, 12:10pm

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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The Great Disruption to unsustainable non-growth; Asia's non-decoupling; Matt Taibbi's advice to occupy Wall St; Cartoons galore; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: IMF cuts Asian growth forecast; China slowdown fear; European banks wobble; Copper price falls; NZ$ down too

14th Oct 11, 9:06am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: IMF cuts Asian growth forecast; China slowdown fear; European banks wobble; Copper price falls; NZ$ down too

Morning Marcus: Port of Tauranga; Bach tax; Panamanian fraud

Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about Rena's economic impacts; a crackdown on claiming for baches and Panamanian fraud

13th Oct 11, 7:36pm

by Bernard Hickey

Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about Rena's economic impacts; a crackdown on claiming for baches and Panamanian fraud

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Safe haven for Wall St bankers in NZ; Low US rates not working and create more pension pain; Goldman's UK tax break; Obama punches banker; Dilbert

13th Oct 11, 1:51pm

by Bernard Hickey

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Safe haven for Wall St bankers in NZ; Low US rates not working and create more pension pain; Goldman's UK tax break; Obama punches banker; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Eurostoxx, Dow, NZ$ rise on hopes Europe might solve crisis; Slovakia backs rescue; US senate passes anti-China imports bill

13th Oct 11, 8:52am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Eurostoxx, Dow, NZ$ rise on hopes Europe might solve crisis; Slovakia backs rescue; US senate passes anti-China imports bill

Morning Marcus: Fletcher's slump; House prices

Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about Fletcher Building's profit warning and 12% share slump; House prices firm in central Auckland

12th Oct 11, 6:58pm

by Bernard Hickey

Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about Fletcher Building's profit warning and 12% share slump; House prices firm in central Auckland

NZICA slams IRD on holiday homes

NZICA says IRD's plans to stop holiday home owners from claiming tax for private use of homes will create complexity and inefficiency

12th Oct 11, 6:36pm

by Bernard Hickey

NZICA says IRD's plans to stop holiday home owners from claiming tax for private use of homes will create complexity and inefficiency

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'King Claw's ponzi scheme in China's 'BMW Town'; CERA-mandated overcharging; 'A crisis of bigness'; Exec pay spiral (up); Dilbert

12th Oct 11, 12:36pm

by Bernard Hickey

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'King Claw's ponzi scheme in China's 'BMW Town'; CERA-mandated overcharging; 'A crisis of bigness'; Exec pay spiral (up); Dilbert

No September house sales bounce

REINZ says house sales volumes up just 43 in September from August to 5,235; Median price down NZ$5,000 to NZ$350,000

12th Oct 11, 11:33am

by Bernard Hickey

REINZ says house sales volumes up just 43 in September from August to 5,235; Median price down NZ$5,000 to NZ$350,000

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Greece wins fresh bailout funds; ECB warns financial crisis turning systemic; Euro summit delayed; China buys bank shares; NZ$ over 78 USc

12th Oct 11, 8:47am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Greece wins fresh bailout funds; ECB warns financial crisis turning systemic; Euro summit delayed; China buys bank shares; NZ$ over 78 USc

Morning Marcus: Budget deficit; Levy tripled; RWC a dud

Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about a record budget deficit; the tripling of the EQC levy and the Rugby World Cup's economic failure

11th Oct 11, 9:13pm

by Bernard Hickey

Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about a record budget deficit; the tripling of the EQC levy and the Rugby World Cup's economic failure

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: IMF advisor's warning of meltdown within 2-3 weeks; Obama's free pass for Wall St; Money in politics; Turning Japanese charts; Dilbert

10th Oct 11, 9:35am

by Bernard Hickey

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: IMF advisor's warning of meltdown within 2-3 weeks; Obama's free pass for Wall St; Money in politics; Turning Japanese charts; Dilbert

What's needed to get back to AA+

Opinion: Bernard Hickey says New Zealanders would have to break the habits of a lifetime to win back a AA+ credit rating

9th Oct 11, 12:35am

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: Bernard Hickey says New Zealanders would have to break the habits of a lifetime to win back a AA+ credit rating

Dan Bell's weekly currencies outlook

Double Shot Interview: HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's global currencies action, including more European money printing and the NZ$'s bounce

7th Oct 11, 9:00pm

by Bernard Hickey

Double Shot Interview: HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's global currencies action, including more European money printing and the NZ$'s bounce

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Europe's intractable banking capital problems; US drums beating for China trade war; Futuristic campervan; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

7th Oct 11, 6:53pm

by Bernard Hickey

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Europe's intractable banking capital problems; US drums beating for China trade war; Futuristic campervan; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

Bank of India aims for NZ$25 mln

Bank of India aims for NZ$25 mln of lending in first year as it opens first NZ branch; targets 120,000 Indians in New Zealand and growing trade flows ahead of FTA

7th Oct 11, 4:03pm

by Bernard Hickey

Bank of India aims for NZ$25 mln of lending in first year as it opens first NZ branch; targets 120,000 Indians in New Zealand and growing trade flows ahead of FTA

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Bank of England Governor fires up printing presses and warns of worst crisis since 1930s; ECB to buy bonds too; Global stocks, NZ$ surge

7th Oct 11, 9:00am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Bank of England Governor fires up printing presses and warns of worst crisis since 1930s; ECB to buy bonds too; Global stocks, NZ$ surge

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Protectionism and depression loom'; Michael Lewis on Wall St as a parasite killing its host; Too much saving and too much debt; 'Brokers worse than psychopaths'; Dilbert

6th Oct 11, 1:40pm

by Bernard Hickey

Weldon leaving NZX after almost 10 yrs

NZX CEO Mark Weldon to step down next year after almost a decade; no mention of his next role or a successor. Your view?

6th Oct 11, 11:23am

by Bernard Hickey

NZX CEO Mark Weldon to step down next year after almost a decade; no mention of his next role or a successor. Your view?

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: European stocks, US stocks, oil and NZ$ surge on hopes for European bank recapitalisation

6th Oct 11, 7:57am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: European stocks, US stocks, oil and NZ$ surge on hopes for European bank recapitalisation

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: S&P 'bends over for bankers and takes it', before rating toxic junk AAA; The 1%ers and the 99%ers; 4 Chinese hard landing signs; Back to the USSR; Dilbert

5th Oct 11, 2:55pm

by Bernard Hickey

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: S&P 'bends over for bankers and takes it', before rating toxic junk AAA; The 1%ers and the 99%ers; 4 Chinese hard landing signs; Back to the USSR; Dilbert

Barfoots reports lower Sept sales

Barfoot and Thompson says house sales drop in Sept from Aug; 1st year since 2007; Average sales price up 3.2% as top end properties sell well

5th Oct 11, 10:54am

by Bernard Hickey

Barfoot and Thompson says house sales drop in Sept from Aug; 1st year since 2007; Average sales price up 3.2% as top end properties sell well

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: European stocks slide on Greek default fear; US volatile on hope for European bank recapitalisation; NZ$ under 75 USc

5th Oct 11, 9:00am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: European stocks slide on Greek default fear; US volatile on hope for European bank recapitalisation; NZ$ under 75 USc

Morning Marcus: iPhone 5; US-China trade war; Key's Super mistake

Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about a possible US vs China trade war; the iPhone 5 launch and John Key's big Super mistake

4th Oct 11, 7:27pm

by Bernard Hickey

Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about a possible US vs China trade war; the iPhone 5 launch and John Key's big Super mistake

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Panic in US bank stock trading as CDS spreads blow out; 'US banks are Amercia's financial Vietnam'; Obama's jobs plan dead; Dr Copper's hammering; Dilbert

4th Oct 11, 12:27pm

by Bernard Hickey

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Panic in US bank stock trading as CDS spreads blow out; 'US banks are Amercia's financial Vietnam'; Obama's jobs plan dead; Dr Copper's hammering; Dilbert