Gareth Vaughan | interest.co.nz

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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

Time for a kiwi menage a trois?

Opinion: How a national community focused bank could be born if TSB, SBS and PSIS got into bed together

5th Jul 11, 4:15pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Opinion: How a national community focused bank could be born if TSB, SBS and PSIS got into bed together

UDC past due assets on rise

Half-year profit at UDC, the country's biggest finance company, surges almost threefold to NZ$9.139 million

5th Jul 11, 4:11pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Half-year profit at UDC, the country's biggest finance company, surges almost threefold to NZ$9.139 million

Fonterra in first Aussie bond issue

Fonterra raises A$300 million in five-year bond issue to Australian institutional investors

5th Jul 11, 11:50am

by Gareth Vaughan

Fonterra raises A$300 million in five-year bond issue to Australian institutional investors

Z to avoid 'big oil type approach'

High petrol prices are 'awful for everyone', says Z Energy CEO who doesn't believe peak oil has been reached yet

4th Jul 11, 4:22pm

by Gareth Vaughan

High petrol prices are 'awful for everyone', says Z Energy CEO who doesn't believe peak oil has been reached yet

Warning shot fired over power competition

Regulator's 'Big Saturday' ruling risks reducing competition in the retail electricity market, says Powershop's Ari Sargent

4th Jul 11, 4:15pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Regulator's 'Big Saturday' ruling risks reducing competition in the retail electricity market, says Powershop's Ari Sargent

Commodity prices fall for 1st time in 10mths

Commodity price index dropped in June, ANZ says, but index still at third highest level since series began in 1986

4th Jul 11, 2:34pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Commodity price index dropped in June, ANZ says, but index still at third highest level since series began in 1986

8c in $ for Hubbard's Aorangi investors

Complexity, long waits, uncertainties outlined for investors in Allan Hubbard's statutory manager's 7th report

1st Jul 11, 5:53pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Complexity, long waits, uncertainties outlined for investors in Allan Hubbard's statutory manager's 7th report

SBS could be open to TSB merger

SBS Bank boss won't rule out potential for merger with TSB; Plans first commercial paper programme

1st Jul 11, 4:12pm

by Gareth Vaughan

SBS Bank boss won't rule out potential for merger with TSB; Plans first commercial paper programme

Z confident of raising NZ$150mln

Z Energy bonds could be subordinated to former owner Shell and a NZ$350 million working capital facility

30th Jun 11, 4:25pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Z Energy bonds could be subordinated to former owner Shell and a NZ$350 million working capital facility

National Bank brand decision on hold

ANZ review of its ongoing use of the National Bank brand could take another six months; Earthquake response the focus

30th Jun 11, 4:23pm

by Gareth Vaughan

ANZ review of its ongoing use of the National Bank brand could take another six months; Earthquake response the focus

SBS predicts bank market share war

SBS Bank's March quarter profit falls 45% on Christchurch earthquake provision; Lending contracts

30th Jun 11, 3:50pm

by Gareth Vaughan

SBS Bank's March quarter profit falls 45% on Christchurch earthquake provision; Lending contracts

S&P see red zone stimulation for banks

Standard and Poor's sees 'stimulatory effect' from lower home loan rates for Christchurch red zone

29th Jun 11, 4:18pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Standard and Poor's sees 'stimulatory effect' from lower home loan rates for Christchurch red zone

ASB's Christchurch red zone offer

ASB offers red zone home owners 2% off home loans, bridging finance and a 4% call account rate

28th Jun 11, 8:30pm

by Gareth Vaughan

ASB offers red zone home owners 2% off home loans, bridging finance and a 4% call account rate

Rabobank NZ profit down 36%

Rabobank fall in non-interest income, rise in impairment losses on loans and increase in operating expenses hits March quarter profit

28th Jun 11, 4:12pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Rabobank fall in non-interest income, rise in impairment losses on loans and increase in operating expenses hits March quarter profit

Plum SOE advisory jobs near

Cameron Partners-Rothschild and Deutsche Bank said to be close to securing 1st Treasury SOE sell-down advisory role

28th Jun 11, 4:03pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Cameron Partners-Rothschild and Deutsche Bank said to be close to securing 1st Treasury SOE sell-down advisory role

Podmore's guarantee to be called

Receiver to call in Kevin Podmore's NZ$20m personal guarantee to St Laurence debentureholders in August; Will be worth much less

28th Jun 11, 12:29pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Receiver to call in Kevin Podmore's NZ$20m personal guarantee to St Laurence debentureholders in August; Will be worth much less

Z Energy bond issue close

Infratil, NZ Super Fund's Z Energy set to seek about NZ$150m from 7-year retail bond issue

27th Jun 11, 3:57pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Infratil, NZ Super Fund's Z Energy set to seek about NZ$150m from 7-year retail bond issue

F&P ends Crown guarantee offers

Fisher & Paykel Finance stops offering taxpayer guarantee on deposits 6mths ahead of Crown scheme's end

27th Jun 11, 2:01pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Fisher & Paykel Finance stops offering taxpayer guarantee on deposits 6mths ahead of Crown scheme's end

PGGW-Heartland deal attacked

Shareholders' Association says PGG Wrightson-Heartland NZ 'related party' deal offers nothing to PGG Wrightson shareholders

24th Jun 11, 5:56pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Shareholders' Association says PGG Wrightson-Heartland NZ 'related party' deal offers nothing to PGG Wrightson shareholders

Plastic pipes 'the crown jewel'

Fletcher Building's Jonathan Ling sees big product distribution opportunities through NZ$1.2b Crane buy in Australia

24th Jun 11, 4:49pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Fletcher Building's Jonathan Ling sees big product distribution opportunities through NZ$1.2b Crane buy in Australia

'We don't want to rebuild 2,3,4, 5 times'

Fletcher Building boss says aftershocks delaying a 'not difficult' rebuilding job in Christchurch

24th Jun 11, 3:28pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Fletcher Building boss says aftershocks delaying a 'not difficult' rebuilding job in Christchurch

BNZ's red zone '2 up, 2 down' offer

BNZ offers Christchurch red zone home owners 2% off floating rate mortgages and 2% extra on deposits

24th Jun 11, 3:10pm

by Gareth Vaughan

BNZ offers Christchurch red zone home owners 2% off floating rate mortgages and 2% extra on deposits

PSIS 'firmly decides' to go it alone

Wannabe bank PSIS plans pilot lending project to hairdressers, taxi drivers, plumbers and electricians

23rd Jun 11, 4:10pm

by Gareth Vaughan

Wannabe bank PSIS plans pilot lending project to hairdressers, taxi drivers, plumbers and electricians

ANZ Chch rate 'below cost of funding'

ANZ offers homeowners in Christchurch's earthquake devastated red zones 3.70% one-year mortgage rates; Kiwibank matches

23rd Jun 11, 2:50pm

by Gareth Vaughan

ANZ offers homeowners in Christchurch's earthquake devastated red zones 3.70% one-year mortgage rates; Kiwibank matches

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Big Govt Christchurch announcement due; Fed cuts growth forecasts; Kiwi dollar record against pound

23rd Jun 11, 8:43am

by Gareth Vaughan

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Big Govt Christchurch announcement due; Fed cuts growth forecasts; Kiwi dollar record against pound