US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has putting a baseline in place for removing QE by mid 2014 if the central tendency forecast of Fed growth and unemployment is realised. ...

ANZ Bank says it will vigorously defend claims expected to be lodged next week against bank exception/dishonour fees. ...

The Q1 quarterly current account deficit came in at $663m, which was in line with market expectations of a $635m deficit. The annual deficit fell to $10.1bn, or 4.8 percent of GDP. ...

Wynyard Group, the specialists in intelligence-led software and solutions for protecting companies and countries from threat, crime and corruption, today announced the share price arising from the book-build for Wynyard Group company shares has been ...

Shares in Sky Network TV fell 47c or 8.3% in initial reaction today to the company’s confirmation to NZX that it has not been successful in its bid for the EPL rights for the coming ...

Aside from Lambton Quay, where does the Wellington consumer shop? The City's most favoured alternative is Queensgate, Lower Hutt. ...

The RBNZ is still trapped on the horns of a dilemma, but the recent sharp drop in the exchange rate could be important.. Westpac Chief Economist Dominick Stephens presents economic insights in this bite-sized ...

[PREMIUM] The Reserve Bank played a very straight bat in its Monetary Policy Statement, says Westpac Bank chief economist Dominick Stephens. ...

Why is it that restaurants charge so much for a glass of wine? Isn't it about time we challenged the prices and the quantity? ...

New Zealand consumers have had a long hangover. After 2008, saving rates rose, household borrowing slowed sharply, and consumer spending per person fell. ...

The behaviour of financial markets in recent months has been defined by one issue. What will the Fed do with Q.E.? To this end it’s interesting to note how composed the markets have been in ...

The Australian share market managed to stage another recovery in late afternoon trade, but still closed lower, says Juliette Saly, CommSec Market Analyst ...

The NZ sharemarket was quiet this morning said NZX. Prices were firm with 44 rises and 21 falls. ...

The Australian market had a very volatile start to the week, with stocks rallying strongly in the dying minutes of the session, said Steven Daghlian, CommSec Market Analyst. ...

By WARREN HEAD Share chartists must be in hog-heaven with this May-June one of those periods where volatility is the general state of play on financial markets. ...

[PREMIUM] Heartland New Zealand was one of the ten better performers on the market last week. This follows some internal restructuring and guidance on which analysts have taken a favourable view> ...

[PREMIUM] It has been a big week for the Australian sharemarket. ...

[PREMIUM] Delegat’s Group has been one of the stronger performers on the sharemarket in the last fortnight, following announced expansion steps. ...

[PREMIUM] Fletcher Building was the brunt of some selling last week, with 63c sliced off the share price after the company’s presentation at the Macquarie conference was read as partly ambivalent over the pace ...

[PREMIUM] Ryman Healthcare may be heading towards an ASX listing, provided it is successful in the 'lucky country.' ...

It was another fairly quiet day domestically as the market remains in a holding pattern ahead of tomorrow morning’s US FOMC meeting says Kymberly Martin, strategist at BNZ. ...

The NZ swap curve flattened a little on Friday, says BNZ markets strategist Kymberly Martin. ...

Overall the market’s response to yesterday’s RBNZ meeting was fairly muted, says Kymberly Martin, markets strategist at BNZ. ...

There was another reasonable sell-off in NZ bonds and swaps yesterday , says Kymberly Martin, markets strategist at BNZ. ...

NZ swaps closed up a further 1-4bps yesterday with a slight steepening bias. says Kymberly Martin, markets strategist at BNZ ...

The FOMC has ensured the USD will remain in demand keeping pressure on NZD/USD, says Mark Smith senior economist at ANZ ...

The NZD/USD has traded a fairly tight range over the past 24-hours, sitting again at 0.8000 this morning, says Kymberly Martin, strategist at BNZ. ...

NZ Q1 current account is unlikely to materially impact NZD, says Con Williams , agri economist at ANZ this morning. ...

The NZD/USD was the weakest performer amongst its peers over the past 24-hour, says Kymberly Martin, markets strategist at BNZ. It trades around 0.8000 currently. ...

The RBA minutes today will demonstrate a continued easing bias with the assessment of the Asian health of the economies important, says Carrick Lucas, strategist at ANZ. ...

Lodge Real Estate in Hamilton, the city’s largest agency by volume, reported that dramatic decreases in housing stocks will soon put pressure on city house prices. ...

One of Taupo’s elite group of high-end luxury lodges has been placed on the market for sale. Chalet Eiger on the edge of Lake Taupo is a purpose-built four-bedroom lodge whose rates range up to ...

The New Zealand housing market powered to a fresh set of highs in March. ...

The national head office of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand has been placed on the market for sale. The 758 square metre building in the heart of Parnell in Auckland, sits on 1813 ...

A founding winery label and vineyard behind the ground-breaking Integrated Wine Grape Production Scheme, now the Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand environmental management organisation, has been placed on the market for sale. ...

After last month’s surge, the ANZ Commodity Price Index retraced 1.6% in May. Nevertheless, the value in May is the second highest level that the index has recorded. ...

Spot gold prices went still lower in Thursday New York trading. ...

[PREMIUM] The latest Rabobank Agribusiness Monthly covers all the major agricultural sectors that are important to New Zealand and Australia as well as covering off the latest economic, retail and currency developments ...

The ANZ Commodity Price Index surged 12.6 percent in April. The latest lift represents the largest monthly rise in the history of the series, and propels the index to a new all-time high, says ANZ ...

NZX intends to extend trading hours in Dairy Derivatives from early Q3 this year, in response to market demand. ...

In the latest issue of The Headliner find out about the Wynyard Group’s plan to list and what the future is for EBOS, track Kingfish’s portfolio, what’s up at Cooks and where is Tower going, ...

IN the latest issue of The Headliner we look at the Property for Industry merger, the Synlait IPO, Ryman’s record year and review Bathurst Resources. Find out the top 10 places where the Super Fund ...

In this week’s issue of The Headliner we look at the ace hand played by SKYCITY, delve into what makes Diligent tick, analyse the Wall Street boom, and catch up with Delegat’s and The Warehouse, ...

In this issue we consider the Opposition threat of energy regulation as the Mighty River IPO moves on, update on a briefing by Summerset, report the Turners Auctions AGM, and latest analysis on Air NZ ...

In this issue we review the Mighty River Power float, the related issue of Tiwai Pt; catch up with The Warehouse on a company visit, update on Hellaby and cover the OPUS AGM, plus much ...

The NZ sharemarket was off the pace today, 17 points on the downside at 4446 on the NZX50 index. Among the market’s heavy hitters the tone was mixed. Chorus was off 8c at $2.49, TrustPower ...

The national sharemarket has stitched together two positive days with the NZX 650 index nudged 14 points higher to 4462 today with 63 rises and 39 falls. Stand-out performer of the day was computer services ...

The NZSX50 Index rose 0.6% to close on Monday at 4,448. First NZ Capital reports the following stocks showed the largest gains: Michael Hill International +3.9%, Contact Energy +3.0%, Heartland Bank +2.5%, New Zealand Oil ...

The NZ sharemarket had a good start to the week on a soggy day throughout NZ. The NZX50 index rose 21 points to 4448 with 64 rises. EBOS gained 18c at $9.75 following Friday’s shareholder ...

The NZSX50 index rose 0.5% to finish the week at 4425 reports First NZ Capital.  The following stocks experienced the largest gains: Trade Me Group (+3.8%), Telecom (+2.8%), Metlifecare (+2.6% after confirming a revised cash ...

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