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. Over recent years 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

BNZ Christchurch HQ plans on hold

BNZ 'reconsidering' NZ$46.3 mln purchase of site for Christchurch HQ after the earthquake

1st Apr 11, 4:30pm

by Gareth Vaughan

BNZ 'reconsidering' NZ$46.3 mln purchase of site for Christchurch HQ after the earthquake

RBNZ to tighten screws on rural lending

Reserve Bank to introduce new farm lending capital requirements from June

1st Apr 11, 4:26pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Reserve Bank to introduce new farm lending capital requirements from June

ASB, telco earnings hit by power price spike

Complaints mount up over last Saturday's huge wholesale electricity price spike from Genesis

1st Apr 11, 1:31pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Complaints mount up over last Saturday's huge wholesale electricity price spike from Genesis

2nd-half target for banking application

Combined Building Society sees no material financial impact from Christchurch earthquake

1st Apr 11, 11:00am

by Gareth Vaughan

Combined Building Society sees no material financial impact from Christchurch earthquake

Consortia line up for Wiri prison PPP

Macquarie, Capella, KPMG eye financial adviser role in Wiri public-private partnership prison.

31st Mar 11, 4:22pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Macquarie, Capella, KPMG eye financial adviser role in Wiri public-private partnership prison.

Auditors to no longer self regulate

Finance company collapses, European pressure sees audtiors lose right to self regulation

31st Mar 11, 4:19pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Finance company collapses, European pressure sees audtiors lose right to self regulation

NZ's richest man selling forests

Graeme Hart's Carter Holt Harvey receives OIO approval to sell 18 North Island forestry blocks

31st Mar 11, 4:12pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Graeme Hart's Carter Holt Harvey receives OIO approval to sell 18 North Island forestry blocks

Tegel sale to private equity approved

OIO gives green light for Colorado Group's owner to buy Tegel in NZ$600m leveraged buyout

31st Mar 11, 12:48pm

by Gareth Vaughan

OIO gives green light for Colorado Group's owner to buy Tegel in NZ$600m leveraged buyout

Christchurch City post-quake debt issue

Christchurch City Council in NZ$40 mln debt raising at 18 basis points higher than recent Dunedin raising

31st Mar 11, 11:09am

by Gareth Vaughan

Christchurch City Council in NZ$40 mln debt raising at 18 basis points higher than recent Dunedin raising

'Our shares are under valued' says CEO

SmartPay looks to raise NZ$6mln in redeemable preference share sale paying 10% to repay debt now paying up to 17.95%

30th Mar 11, 4:44pm

by Gareth Vaughan

SmartPay looks to raise NZ$6mln in redeemable preference share sale paying 10% to repay debt now paying up to 17.95%

Genesis will recover costs 'when opportunity arises'

Genesis hits back at fellow SOEs over huge wholesale electricity price spike, says they should have hedged

30th Mar 11, 4:26pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Genesis hits back at fellow SOEs over huge wholesale electricity price spike, says they should have hedged

Complaints lead to milk price probe

Commerce Commission to investigate whether a price control inquiry into retail milk is needed

30th Mar 11, 3:36pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Commerce Commission to investigate whether a price control inquiry into retail milk is needed

Govt increases 2010/11 borrowing

New Zealand Debt Management Office boosting annual borrowing programme by NZ$1.5 bln to NZ$15 bln

30th Mar 11, 11:51am

by Gareth Vaughan

New Zealand Debt Management Office boosting annual borrowing programme by NZ$1.5 bln to NZ$15 bln

ASB sees loss from quake package

ASB says Christchurch support package will cost it a 'significant amount' of money

29th Mar 11, 4:20pm

by Gareth Vaughan

ASB says Christchurch support package will cost it a 'significant amount' of money

RBNZ designs living wills for banks

RBNZ sets out to ensure shareholders and creditors absorb cost of any bank failure not taxpayers

28th Mar 11, 4:44pm

by Gareth Vaughan

RBNZ sets out to ensure shareholders and creditors absorb cost of any bank failure not taxpayers

Mighty River, Meridian's NZ$40m bill shock

SOE Mighty River Power seeking answers for huge six hour wholesale electricity price hike

28th Mar 11, 1:58pm

by Gareth Vaughan

SOE Mighty River Power seeking answers for huge six hour wholesale electricity price hike

Allied Farmers' Honk 2 default

Allied Farmers faces writedown on NZ$23m Hanover loan; Wants to bankrupt Nigel McKenna over NZ$110m Kawerau Falls guarantee

25th Mar 11, 4:25pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Allied Farmers faces writedown on NZ$23m Hanover loan; Wants to bankrupt Nigel McKenna over NZ$110m Kawerau Falls guarantee

Govt pledges more housing PPPs

Govt eyes public-private partnerships for housing along the lines of a Westpac-led Sydney project

25th Mar 11, 3:59pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Govt eyes public-private partnerships for housing along the lines of a Westpac-led Sydney project

Bollard outlines credit boom stallers

RBNZ says likes of loan-to-value restrictions, capital buffers are possible ways to help cool future overheating credit cycle

25th Mar 11, 12:28pm

by Gareth Vaughan

RBNZ says likes of loan-to-value restrictions, capital buffers are possible ways to help cool future overheating credit cycle

Dunedin City Treasury refinances NZ$90m

Dunedin City refinances NZ$90m of Forsyth Barr Stadium funding for five-years at average of 5.25%

24th Mar 11, 3:59pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Dunedin City refinances NZ$90m of Forsyth Barr Stadium funding for five-years at average of 5.25%

Equal record govt borrowing this week

NZDMO increases value of bonds offered in today's tender by NZ$500m to NZ$950m due to investor demand

24th Mar 11, 11:02am

by Gareth Vaughan

NZDMO increases value of bonds offered in today's tender by NZ$500m to NZ$950m due to investor demand

Banks face at least 2 CFR increases

Reserve Bank to lift Core Funding Ratio to 70% this July, 75% next July and potentially even higher down the line

23rd Mar 11, 5:42pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Reserve Bank to lift Core Funding Ratio to 70% this July, 75% next July and potentially even higher down the line

Rural lender eyes end of guarantee

PGG Wrightson Finance sheds staff as it shrinks its loan book

23rd Mar 11, 5:40pm

by Gareth Vaughan

PGG Wrightson Finance sheds staff as it shrinks its loan book

More heat on bank credit ratings

Moody's says Reserve Bank's rules on resolving bank failure could pressure bank credit ratings

22nd Mar 11, 10:49am

by Gareth Vaughan

Moody's says Reserve Bank's rules on resolving bank failure could pressure bank credit ratings

Geneva debt-for-equity swap under fire

Sparse information released on Geneva debt-for-equity proposal as noteholder attacks 'gravy train'

18th Mar 11, 7:04pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Sparse information released on Geneva debt-for-equity proposal as noteholder attacks 'gravy train'