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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has held the Official Cash Rate at 2.5 per cent, as expected, and given no guidance on when or in what direction it might next move the OCR. read more

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has signalled it will release a discussion document by late March on new macro-prudential tools that could include increased risk weightings for mortgages or limits on.. read more

NAB's Bank of New Zealand has finally entered the fast-growing KiwiSaver retail funds management business almost six years after it started. read more

Standard & Poor's has cut the credit rating of Auckland used-car financier Broadlands Finance to CCC- from CCC with a negative outlook, because of a delay in the registration of a prospectus to.. read more

An IMF research paper into New Zealand's four systemically important banks has suggested they be required to put aside more capital to cope with any potential shocks in the housing sector and in co.. read more

French bank Credit Agricole and Dunedin-based broker Forsyth Barr have created a NZ$60 million (A$48 million) fund to compensate investors who lost money invested in the Credit Sails fund. read more

A joint study by the Australian and New Zealand Productivity Commissions into the mutual recognition of tax imputation credits has dashed hopes Australian bank investors could benefit from a harmoni.. read more

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand warns against excessive lending growth in housing in its half-yearly Financial Stability Report. read more

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has highlighted a worsening of the indebtedness of some of New Zealand's biggest dairy farms. read more

Full-year profit growth from the New Zealand arms of ANZ, Westpac and NAB was more than triple that of their parents because of higher net interest margins, lower bad debt expenses and solid lending g.. read more