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 10 months

Latest articles

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

RBNZ 'not running zero failure insurance regime'

RBNZ says insurance regulation will focus on big insurers and/or those deemed to be at higher risk of failure

20th Feb 14, 12:15pm

by Gareth Vaughan

RBNZ says insurance regulation will focus on big insurers and/or those deemed to be at higher risk of failure

Big banks muscle in on Heartland niches

First NZ Capital suggests niche player Heartland Bank faces competition from big banks looking to replace earnings lost due to LVR restrictions

19th Feb 14, 4:34pm

by Gareth Vaughan

First NZ Capital suggests niche player Heartland Bank faces competition from big banks looking to replace earnings lost due to LVR restrictions

Kiwibank profit may fall

Kiwibank interim profit under pressure to match last year's record high

19th Feb 14, 4:32pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Kiwibank interim profit under pressure to match last year's record high

Ministers on the move

English heads to G20 meeting in Sydney, Groser to TTP talks in Singpaore, and Bridges to Norway, the US and Canada

19th Feb 14, 2:11pm

by Gareth Vaughan

English heads to G20 meeting in Sydney, Groser to TTP talks in Singpaore, and Bridges to Norway, the US and Canada

Fixed-rate bond offer from Contact

Contact Energy seeks up to $250 mln in 5-year bond offer that'll pay 5.80% to 6% interest

19th Feb 14, 11:10am

by Gareth Vaughan

Contact Energy seeks up to $250 mln in 5-year bond offer that'll pay 5.80% to 6% interest

'10 KiwiSaver default providers manageable'

ANZ Wealth boss John Body says govt should introduce KiwiSaver auto-enrolment before it resumes contributions to NZ Super Fund

18th Feb 14, 5:25pm

by Gareth Vaughan

ANZ Wealth boss John Body says govt should introduce KiwiSaver auto-enrolment before it resumes contributions to NZ Super Fund

Spotlight on NZ covered bonds

NZ banks now have $20b of assets, including 143,627 home loans, guaranteeing covered bonds

18th Feb 14, 5:16pm

by Gareth Vaughan

NZ banks now have $20b of assets, including 143,627 home loans, guaranteeing covered bonds

ASB's net interest margins on the march

The rise and rise of ASB's net interest margins as it throws its growth of high LVR lending into reverse

18th Feb 14, 9:10am

by Gareth Vaughan

The rise and rise of ASB's net interest margins as it throws its growth of high LVR lending into reverse

'Even the ugly stuff is shifting'

Heartland boss Jeff Greenslade confident victory over dud legacy property portfolio is near

18th Feb 14, 9:03am

by Gareth Vaughan

Heartland boss Jeff Greenslade confident victory over dud legacy property portfolio is near

'Better than finance company debentures'

Heartland boss says constraints on reverse equity mortgages in NZ have been supply driven not demand driven

17th Feb 14, 1:50pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Heartland boss says constraints on reverse equity mortgages in NZ have been supply driven not demand driven