Orr epic or APRA

New Zealand's Reserve Bank is tearing through APRA and needs to join the Council of Financial Regulators. read more

Let inflation rip

A public good if ever there was one, inflation is the 'go to' remedy but slow to arrive. read more

10x divides Westpac

A defensive alliance with, and a potential equity investment in, UK unicorn 10x is a sideshow with interest in the Westpac result. read more

NPP maps its progress

The NPP is picking up speed, with 17 per cent of the population regular users. The NPPA has set out a new investment agenda, but "funding and priority within NPP participants remains challenging". read more

Lame TD rates rev funny money

Rate-hunters may be poking their noses into all sorts of nooks as the slide in interest rates on term deposits makes keeping up with inflation via saving through a bank an unreachable goal. read more

Bank dividends roughen profit season

Bank dividends are in decline and a frozen payout would count as a good outcome for shareholders. But they should be set for disappointment even on that. An unhappy banking profit season will chastise.. read more