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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15 years 7 months

Latest articles

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ dollar jumps back to pre-quake levels; Aussie dollar hits post float record; Jetstar cuts Christchurch flights

31st Mar 11, 8:59am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ dollar jumps back to pre-quake levels; Aussie dollar hits post float record; Jetstar cuts Christchurch flights

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Portugal downgraded to almost junk; Bullard warns printing may end; Rates rising; NZ$ hits 75.7 USc

30th Mar 11, 9:02am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Portugal downgraded to almost junk; Bullard warns printing may end; Rates rising; NZ$ hits 75.7 USc

ANZ Group CEO wants one bank in NZ

ANZ CEO says running two banks is inefficient and he wants ANZ and National to run as one bank; brand issue still being debated

29th Mar 11, 4:27pm

by Bernard Hickey

ANZ CEO says running two banks is inefficient and he wants ANZ and National to run as one bank; brand issue still being debated

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How GE pays no US tax; Dutch revolt stops ING bonus;'De-centralise Japan'; 'Crikey it's a property slump'; 'De-dolarising Latin America; Dilbert

29th Mar 11, 12:07pm

by Bernard Hickey

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How GE pays no US tax; Dutch revolt stops ING bonus;'De-centralise Japan'; 'Crikey it's a property slump'; 'De-dolarising Latin America; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Portugal nearer default; US bond yields creep up; ECB warns again on rate; A$ hits record; The Whimp is back

29th Mar 11, 9:01am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Portugal nearer default; US bond yields creep up; ECB warns again on rate; A$ hits record; The Whimp is back

ANZ CEO wary of covered bond 'drug'

ANZ CEO says prefers Asian deposit funding to covered bonds, which are 'an enriched form of securitisation' and a 'drug of last resort'

28th Mar 11, 4:45pm

by Bernard Hickey

ANZ CEO says prefers Asian deposit funding to covered bonds, which are 'an enriched form of securitisation' and a 'drug of last resort'

Monday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint

Monday's Top 10 at 10: Don't take rising dairy payouts for granted; Irish may default on bank debt; John Key's Youtube skit; London's Burning; Anarchy in the UK; Dilberts

28th Mar 11, 11:58am

by Bernard Hickey

Monday's Top 10 at 10: Don't take rising dairy payouts for granted; Irish may default on bank debt; John Key's Youtube skit; London's Burning; Anarchy in the UK; Dilberts

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: British riot over budget cuts, new taxes; US consumer confidence slumps; Dragon's Den star defaults

28th Mar 11, 8:59am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: British riot over budget cuts, new taxes; US consumer confidence slumps; Dragon's Den star defaults

'Let's stop kidding ourselves with debt'

Opinion: Bernard Hickey argues NZers have been kidding themselves for a decade that they're worth higher living standards by borrowing. Your view?

27th Mar 11, 11:09am

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: Bernard Hickey argues NZers have been kidding themselves for a decade that they're worth higher living standards by borrowing. Your view?

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: Why NZ should consider capital controls; Rachel Ray eats her dog; What the rich really think; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

25th Mar 11, 7:57pm

by Bernard Hickey

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: Why NZ should consider capital controls; Rachel Ray eats her dog; What the rich really think; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ GDP set for late 2011 rebound; 70 bln euro Portugese bailout looms; Spanish banks downgraded; NZ$ at 75 USc

25th Mar 11, 9:11am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ GDP set for late 2011 rebound; 70 bln euro Portugese bailout looms; Spanish banks downgraded; NZ$ at 75 USc

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: A global farmland price bubble; 7,287 Christchurch children enrolled elsewhere; Foster's vs Coles; F35 = Aussie GDP; Dilbert

24th Mar 11, 6:32pm

by Bernard Hickey

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: A global farmland price bubble; 7,287 Christchurch children enrolled elsewhere; Foster's vs Coles; F35 = Aussie GDP; Dilbert

AM Best cuts AMI credit rating

AMI's financial strength rating slashed to A- from A+ after quake; AM Best says AMI still on negative outlook as capital raising plans unclear

24th Mar 11, 12:34pm

by Bernard Hickey

AMI's financial strength rating slashed to A- from A+ after quake; AM Best says AMI still on negative outlook as capital raising plans unclear

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Portugese govt may collapse; European sovereign debt crisis deepens; UK budget bleak; Pound falls

24th Mar 11, 9:02am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Portugese govt may collapse; European sovereign debt crisis deepens; UK budget bleak; Pound falls

Roost Home Loan Affordability for Feb

Roost Home Loan Affordability Report shows affordability at best levels in 7 years after OCR cut. Your view?

24th Mar 11, 7:54am

by Bernard Hickey

Roost Home Loan Affordability Report shows affordability at best levels in 7 years after OCR cut. Your view?

Fonterra sticks with payout forecast

Fonterra reports first interim profit; sticks with forecast for record milk payout, but warns markets could correct; 2010/11 output may beat 09/10

23rd Mar 11, 1:22pm

by Bernard Hickey

Fonterra reports first interim profit; sticks with forecast for record milk payout, but warns markets could correct; 2010/11 output may beat 09/10

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Risk appetites returning as nuclear fears ease; Oil up on new Yemen strife; Euro down on Irish default fears; UK inflation high

23rd Mar 11, 9:01am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Risk appetites returning as nuclear fears ease; Oil up on new Yemen strife; Euro down on Irish default fears; UK inflation high

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 23.1% of US borrowers under water; Satyajit Das on why nothing is fixed; George Monbiot goes nuclear; 'Time the Irish defaulted'; Dilbert

22nd Mar 11, 8:36pm

by Bernard Hickey

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 23.1% of US borrowers under water; Satyajit Das on why nothing is fixed; George Monbiot goes nuclear; 'Time the Irish defaulted'; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Oil price rise threatens record petrol price; Japan disaster to cut GDP 0.5%; Auckland drops Queenstown plan; F&P's Haier plan

22nd Mar 11, 9:01am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Oil price rise threatens record petrol price; Japan disaster to cut GDP 0.5%; Auckland drops Queenstown plan; F&P's Haier plan

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Aussie banks loosen lending standards; Jacks Point firesale auction falls flat; Michael Stiassny's racing dramas; Dilberts

21st Mar 11, 11:46am

by Bernard Hickey

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Aussie banks loosen lending standards; Jacks Point firesale auction falls flat; Michael Stiassny's racing dramas; Dilberts

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Don Ha's receivership seminars; Libyan air strikes; G7 intervention; AT&T to buy T-Mobile for US$39 bln

21st Mar 11, 9:00am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Don Ha's receivership seminars; Libyan air strikes; G7 intervention; AT&T to buy T-Mobile for US$39 bln

'NZ Inc's inflation bill shock'

Opinion: Bernard Hickey argues New Zealand Inc just suffered an inflation 'bill shock'. Your view?

21st Mar 11, 7:57am

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: Bernard Hickey argues New Zealand Inc just suffered an inflation 'bill shock'. Your view?

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why an FTA with a dying empire is a mistake; Parallel imports threat; 'Just in time' becomes 'wait and see'; US food price inflation; Dilbert

17th Mar 11, 9:04pm

by Bernard Hickey

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why an FTA with a dying empire is a mistake; Parallel imports threat; 'Just in time' becomes 'wait and see'; US food price inflation; Dilbert

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Let them eat iPads'; Fisking a viral nuclear story; Eurogeddon for exposed banks?; How much money is enough?; Dilbert

17th Mar 11, 3:17am

by Bernard Hickey

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Let them eat iPads'; Fisking a viral nuclear story; Eurogeddon for exposed banks?; How much money is enough?; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Nuclear panic grips Japan; Oil and Gold fall; Dow only down 0.8%; Milk powder price down 8.2%

16th Mar 11, 9:01am

by Bernard Hickey

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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Nuclear panic grips Japan; Oil and Gold fall; Dow only down 0.8%; Milk powder price down 8.2%