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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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Latest articles

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
'Hidden treasure' eyes profit return
Co-operative Bank customer-owners to get proportionate profit return as new CEO and chairman eye faster growth
21st Jun 12, 4:18pm
by Gareth Vaughan
Co-operative Bank customer-owners to get proportionate profit return as new CEO and chairman eye faster growth
BNZ seeking a new CFO
BNZ chief financial officer Ken Christie, 'who has helped keep the bank safe and strong', leaving at year's end for NAB role
21st Jun 12, 10:19am
by Gareth Vaughan
BNZ chief financial officer Ken Christie, 'who has helped keep the bank safe and strong', leaving at year's end for NAB role
Deutsche Bank NZ profit tumbles
Big drop in quarterly profit at key Treasury SOE float adviser Deutsche Bank
20th Jun 12, 4:15pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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Big drop in quarterly profit at key Treasury SOE float adviser Deutsche Bank
ASB introducing Facebook payments
From mid-July ASB says users of its mobile banking service will be able to pay Facebook 'friends' without using a bank account number
20th Jun 12, 10:57am
by Gareth Vaughan
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From mid-July ASB says users of its mobile banking service will be able to pay Facebook 'friends' without using a bank account number
McLachlan named Co-op Bank CEO
The Co-operative Bank appoints former Westpac NZ acting CEO Bruce McLachlan CEO and reports fall in annual profit
20th Jun 12, 9:48am
by Gareth Vaughan
The Co-operative Bank appoints former Westpac NZ acting CEO Bruce McLachlan CEO and reports fall in annual profit
Kiwibank nears covered bond issue
Kiwibank hires Barclays to arrange covered bond programme, could borrow around NZ$1 billion through covered bonds
19th Jun 12, 4:17pm
by Gareth Vaughan
Kiwibank hires Barclays to arrange covered bond programme, could borrow around NZ$1 billion through covered bonds
Fonterra warns on impact of TAF 'no'
A 'no' vote on Trading Among Farmers would see Fonterra 'lose window of opportunity to grow returns and lose control of own destiny,' CEO Theo Spierings says
19th Jun 12, 12:47pm
by Gareth Vaughan
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A 'no' vote on Trading Among Farmers would see Fonterra 'lose window of opportunity to grow returns and lose control of own destiny,' CEO Theo Spierings says
Four banks change deposit rates
ASB, BNZ, Kiwibank and Westpac make changes to some term deposit rates; Some up, some down
18th Jun 12, 5:09pm
by Gareth Vaughan
ASB, BNZ, Kiwibank and Westpac make changes to some term deposit rates; Some up, some down
Big profit rise for ANZ's UDC
Half-year profit at country's biggest finance company UDC Finance more than doubles to NZ$18.7 mln
18th Jun 12, 4:59pm
by Gareth Vaughan
Half-year profit at country's biggest finance company UDC Finance more than doubles to NZ$18.7 mln
Adamson to succeed Ling as Fletcher CEO
Fletcher Building CEO Jonathan Ling to retire on September 30, to be replaced by Mark Adamson, currently the boss of Fletcher's laminates & panels unit
18th Jun 12, 9:21am
by Gareth Vaughan
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Fletcher Building CEO Jonathan Ling to retire on September 30, to be replaced by Mark Adamson, currently the boss of Fletcher's laminates & panels unit