Gareth Vaughan

About

Gareth is editor of interest.co.nz and has worked for more than 20 years as a financial journalist in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. He has received awards in the EY Business Journalism Awards, Canon Media Awards, and Shareholders' Association Business Journalism Awards.

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15 years 3 months

Latest articles

RBNZ 'not a big soft cuddly teddy bear'

NZ banks, feeling the RBNZ now only consults to communicate policy changes, perhaps didn't know how good they had it, KPMG suggests

4th Mar 14, 4:42pm

by Gareth Vaughan

NZ banks, feeling the RBNZ now only consults to communicate policy changes, perhaps didn't know how good they had it, KPMG suggests

KPMG highlights 'cut throat' mortgage competition

RBNZ's high LVR 'speed limits' have ramped up mortgage market competition between banks with poaching of rivals' customers 'growing in vigour'

4th Mar 14, 7:45am

by Gareth Vaughan

RBNZ's high LVR 'speed limits' have ramped up mortgage market competition between banks with poaching of rivals' customers 'growing in vigour'

Never a dull moment for the NZ$

HiFX's Dan Bell on the Crimean crisis, US non-farm payrolls, Australia's Dutch Disease, and the RBNZ's interesting and challenging year

3rd Mar 14, 9:27pm

by Gareth Vaughan

HiFX's Dan Bell on the Crimean crisis, US non-farm payrolls, Australia's Dutch Disease, and the RBNZ's interesting and challenging year

Borrowers continue race to fix

Switch from floating to fixed-term mortgages continues although most fixers are locked in for less than 2 years

3rd Mar 14, 3:54pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Switch from floating to fixed-term mortgages continues although most fixers are locked in for less than 2 years

ANZ eats mortgage market

Country's biggest bank records net December quarter home loan growth almost equal to its main 4 rivals combined

3rd Mar 14, 3:50pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Country's biggest bank records net December quarter home loan growth almost equal to its main 4 rivals combined

'Diverse workforce benefits shareholders'

BNZ workplace diversity study highlights under representation of women on NZ bank boards

3rd Mar 14, 12:13pm

by Gareth Vaughan

BNZ workplace diversity study highlights under representation of women on NZ bank boards

'Crises tend not to occur when people overestimate risk'

Auckland meeting of bank regulation bigwigs highlights difference of opinion between RBNZ and Basel Committee

3rd Mar 14, 10:03am

by Gareth Vaughan

Auckland meeting of bank regulation bigwigs highlights difference of opinion between RBNZ and Basel Committee

'None of our banks are too-big-to-fail'

Kiwibank reaches RBNZ's 'systemically important bank' threshold but nothing changes for the state owned bank

28th Feb 14, 5:18pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Kiwibank reaches RBNZ's 'systemically important bank' threshold but nothing changes for the state owned bank

ANZ NZ quarterly profit up 33%

ANZ NZ December quarter profit rises 33% to $393 mln

28th Feb 14, 11:40am

by Gareth Vaughan

ANZ NZ December quarter profit rises 33% to $393 mln

SBS aggressive with Welcome Home Loans

SBS Bank making good use of the LVR restriction exempt Welcome Home Loans

28th Feb 14, 9:54am

by Gareth Vaughan

SBS Bank making good use of the LVR restriction exempt Welcome Home Loans

Kiwibank customer satisfaction 3-peat

Roy Morgan names Kiwibank and TSB winners in the financial services categories of its annual customer satisfaction awards

28th Feb 14, 9:42am

by Gareth Vaughan

Roy Morgan names Kiwibank and TSB winners in the financial services categories of its annual customer satisfaction awards

Go ahead for crowd funding, peer-to-peer lending

Cabinet rubber stamps regulations for crowd funding and peer-to-peer lending

27th Feb 14, 11:31am

by Gareth Vaughan

Cabinet rubber stamps regulations for crowd funding and peer-to-peer lending

Big bank dividends surge

BNZ and Westpac ramp up dividend payments; BNZ 1st quarter profit jumps 57%

27th Feb 14, 9:47am

by Gareth Vaughan

BNZ and Westpac ramp up dividend payments; BNZ 1st quarter profit jumps 57%

Banks' net cash outflow with customers

NZ's big 5 banks lending more money than they're taking in through deposits for 1st time in 4 years

26th Feb 14, 4:48pm

by Gareth Vaughan

NZ's big 5 banks lending more money than they're taking in through deposits for 1st time in 4 years

Kiwibank overseas borrowing tops $1b

Short-term commercial paper borrowing ramped up by Kiwibank

25th Feb 14, 5:15pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Short-term commercial paper borrowing ramped up by Kiwibank

Kiwibank's cross selling push

Kiwibank targets cross selling in drive to sell wealth and insurance products to existing customer base

25th Feb 14, 5:09pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Kiwibank targets cross selling in drive to sell wealth and insurance products to existing customer base

Heartland highlights lower funding costs

Heartland Bank interim profit meets forecast, sees asset growth 'remaining challenging' due to increased business and rural competition

25th Feb 14, 1:47pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Heartland Bank interim profit meets forecast, sees asset growth 'remaining challenging' due to increased business and rural competition

TSB moves on from Solid Energy effect

TSB returns to profit growth in the December quarter as high LVR home lending drops 7%

24th Feb 14, 5:26pm

by Gareth Vaughan

TSB returns to profit growth in the December quarter as high LVR home lending drops 7%

ANZ settles frozen funds issue with insurers

ANZ getting A$85 mln from insurers in ING frozen funds settlement

24th Feb 14, 2:43pm

by Gareth Vaughan

ANZ getting A$85 mln from insurers in ING frozen funds settlement

'No guarantees with large IT projects'

Kiwibank posts 10% drop in interim profit as expenses rise

24th Feb 14, 10:12am

by Gareth Vaughan

Kiwibank posts 10% drop in interim profit as expenses rise

'More Mick Jagger than Justin Bieber'

HSBC economist Paul Bloxham, who labelled NZ economy a rockstar, says it has got staying power and shouldn't be a one hit wonder

21st Feb 14, 4:54pm

by Gareth Vaughan

HSBC economist Paul Bloxham, who labelled NZ economy a rockstar, says it has got staying power and shouldn't be a one hit wonder

ANZ NZ raises NZ$400 mln

ANZ NZ borrows $400 mln in 5-year bond issue as it rains domestic bond offers

21st Feb 14, 3:24pm

by Gareth Vaughan

ANZ NZ borrows $400 mln in 5-year bond issue as it rains domestic bond offers

Westpac Q1 profit surges 55%

Westpac December quarter profit rises on higher fee income, lower expenses and impairments

20th Feb 14, 5:03pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Westpac December quarter profit rises on higher fee income, lower expenses and impairments

AMP 'passing on' life insurance cost rises

AMP Financial Services says changes to the taxation of life insurance will cut profit by $20m annually from 2015

20th Feb 14, 1:07pm

by Gareth Vaughan

AMP Financial Services says changes to the taxation of life insurance will cut profit by $20m annually from 2015

Auckland Council eyes 10-year bonds

Auckland Council plans 10-year retail bond issue

20th Feb 14, 12:47pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Auckland Council plans 10-year retail bond issue