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Gareth Vaughan

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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

Kiwibank fires new mortgage war shot
Kiwibank launches 4.99% fixed 6-month mortgage 'special offer', borrowers must have at least 30% equity
5th Jul 12, 11:37am
by Gareth Vaughan
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Kiwibank launches 4.99% fixed 6-month mortgage 'special offer', borrowers must have at least 30% equity
ASB still sees big branch future
Although only 5% of customer transactions are now done through its branches, ASB says branch network will always be 'integral' to retail service
4th Jul 12, 4:01pm
by Gareth Vaughan
Although only 5% of customer transactions are now done through its branches, ASB says branch network will always be 'integral' to retail service
F&P Finance's rural growth plans
Consumer lender Fisher and Paykel Finance eyes growth in the rural sector as improving debenture reinvestment rates allow it to exit some bank loans
3rd Jul 12, 4:36pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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Consumer lender Fisher and Paykel Finance eyes growth in the rural sector as improving debenture reinvestment rates allow it to exit some bank loans
Westpac seeks up to NZ$900 mln
Westpac NZ looks to raise as much as NZ$900 mln, combined, from five-year and seven-year debt issues to institutional investors
3rd Jul 12, 3:53pm
by Gareth Vaughan
Westpac NZ looks to raise as much as NZ$900 mln, combined, from five-year and seven-year debt issues to institutional investors
Why disloyal bank customers need more respect
Banks need to 'reconfigure business models around customer needs' to regain some control of the relationship with customers who are becoming more assertive
3rd Jul 12, 3:02pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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Banks need to 'reconfigure business models around customer needs' to regain some control of the relationship with customers who are becoming more assertive
Ex-owner swoops on battered Blue Star
Tom Sturgess, who sold control of Blue Star to Champ Private Equity in 2006, poised to scoop up at least one business unit in the now beleagured printer
3rd Jul 12, 12:09pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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Tom Sturgess, who sold control of Blue Star to Champ Private Equity in 2006, poised to scoop up at least one business unit in the now beleagured printer
APRA sending team to India
Aussie regulator sending team to India to check up on the outsourced back office operations of Australasia's big 4 banks
3rd Jul 12, 9:26am
by Gareth Vaughan
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Aussie regulator sending team to India to check up on the outsourced back office operations of Australasia's big 4 banks
Instant Finance swaps Fortress for Westpac
Westpac takes over funding of Instant Finance from Fortress Credit Corporation through securitisation deal
2nd Jul 12, 4:02pm
by Gareth Vaughan
Westpac takes over funding of Instant Finance from Fortress Credit Corporation through securitisation deal
Fixed-term mortgages back in favour
Bank fixed-term mortgage rate cuts drive move by customers away from floating mortgages and back to fixed-term loans, Reserve Bank data shows
2nd Jul 12, 3:57pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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Bank fixed-term mortgage rate cuts drive move by customers away from floating mortgages and back to fixed-term loans, Reserve Bank data shows
ASB's Olympic mortgage special
ASB cuts five-year mortgage rate 51 basis points to 5.99% in 'Olympic special'
2nd Jul 12, 2:07pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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ASB cuts five-year mortgage rate 51 basis points to 5.99% in 'Olympic special'
More capital injected to big insurers
Reserve Bank, fresh from unheeded Ansvar warnings, staying mum on major insurers' capital and reinsurance positions
29th Jun 12, 4:07pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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Reserve Bank, fresh from unheeded Ansvar warnings, staying mum on major insurers' capital and reinsurance positions
RBNZ's OCR decoupling green light
Reserve Bank gives banks carte blanche to 'decouple' floating mortgage rates from the OCR; Says bank funding costs no longer tied to OCR and swap rates
29th Jun 12, 4:05pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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Reserve Bank gives banks carte blanche to 'decouple' floating mortgage rates from the OCR; Says bank funding costs no longer tied to OCR and swap rates
Loan shark fined after lending whilst bankrupt
Commerce Commission prosecutes 'reprehensible' loan shark who charged interest rates as high as 1,738% to vulnerable consumers
29th Jun 12, 11:16am
by Gareth Vaughan
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Commerce Commission prosecutes 'reprehensible' loan shark who charged interest rates as high as 1,738% to vulnerable consumers
'We're not going to buy customers' - SBS
SBS Bank staying out of price wars with CEO Ross Smith saying if you attract customers on price you'll lose them on price
28th Jun 12, 4:36pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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SBS Bank staying out of price wars with CEO Ross Smith saying if you attract customers on price you'll lose them on price
RBNZ's Ansvar concerns spurned
Reserve Bank's concerns as the new prudential regulator of insurers largely ignored by policyholders and court as earthquake-hit church insurer winds up NZ business
28th Jun 12, 4:06pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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Reserve Bank's concerns as the new prudential regulator of insurers largely ignored by policyholders and court as earthquake-hit church insurer winds up NZ business
Blue Star in 'serious' bank talks
Commercial printer Blue Star in 'serious talks' with its banks, the AFR says, with administration among the options being considered
28th Jun 12, 10:12am
by Gareth Vaughan
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Commercial printer Blue Star in 'serious talks' with its banks, the AFR says, with administration among the options being considered
NZ's EU 'White List' battle
How NZ needs to overcome 'deficiencies" in bank and financial institution regulation to get back on EU anti money laundering and counter terrorist financing 'White List'
27th Jun 12, 4:35pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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How NZ needs to overcome 'deficiencies" in bank and financial institution regulation to get back on EU anti money laundering and counter terrorist financing 'White List'
SBS slams big banks on incentives
SBS Bank CEO hits out at "larger banks" discounting interest rates and incentives for new customers "at the expense" of existing customers as annual profit falls
27th Jun 12, 12:05pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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SBS Bank CEO hits out at "larger banks" discounting interest rates and incentives for new customers "at the expense" of existing customers as annual profit falls
NZ's banks the most profitable
New Zealand's big four banks are the developed world's most profitable, ahead even of their Australian parents
26th Jun 12, 4:23pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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New Zealand's big four banks are the developed world's most profitable, ahead even of their Australian parents
Allied Farmers kept on life support
Allied Nationwide Finance receiver McGrathNicol helps Allied Farmers kick the can down the road by extending NZ$13.4 mln loan for a year
26th Jun 12, 10:16am
by Gareth Vaughan
Allied Nationwide Finance receiver McGrathNicol helps Allied Farmers kick the can down the road by extending NZ$13.4 mln loan for a year
Facebook 'a great place for us to be'
How ASB's move to allow customers to make payments via Facebook will work
25th Jun 12, 4:19pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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How ASB's move to allow customers to make payments via Facebook will work
Z Energy eyes third bond issue
The Infratil and New Zealand Superannuation owned Z Energy plans its third retail bond issue
25th Jun 12, 9:01am
by Gareth Vaughan
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The Infratil and New Zealand Superannuation owned Z Energy plans its third retail bond issue
Property syndicator warns of 'cowboys'
Commercial property syndicator warns low interest rate environment, banks eager to lend and yield chasing investors could see 'cowboys stuff the sector'
22nd Jun 12, 5:12pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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Commercial property syndicator warns low interest rate environment, banks eager to lend and yield chasing investors could see 'cowboys stuff the sector'
ANZ to repay subordinated bonds
ANZ NZ to call NZ$350 mln of subordinated bonds, gives no hint of a fresh bond offer
22nd Jun 12, 1:29pm
by Gareth Vaughan
ANZ NZ to call NZ$350 mln of subordinated bonds, gives no hint of a fresh bond offer
New bank keen on Kiwi helmsman
Former 'acting CEOs' at ANZ NZ and Westpac NZ team up at the Co-operative Bank, which would've been 'very reluctant' not to have appointed a New Zealander as CEO
21st Jun 12, 4:21pm
by Gareth Vaughan
Former 'acting CEOs' at ANZ NZ and Westpac NZ team up at the Co-operative Bank, which would've been 'very reluctant' not to have appointed a New Zealander as CEO