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Interest rate changes this week

The past week has seen two trends. The main one is for long term home loan rates to rise. The other is for a couple of lenders to drop their floating and short-term rates.

Thu, Aug 20th 2009 10:13AM

Gap between OCR and 5yrs opens

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Marac faces long road to bank status

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Bank continues unusual behaviour

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Women in Super 'After Five' Function

Auckland

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Help clients prepare with critical illness insurance

Enormous changes are underway. The coming retirement of the baby boomers will affect stockmarkets, real estate and health care.

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Help clients prepare with critical illness insurance

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New philanthropy manager at Guardian

Guardian Trust has named Chris Blincoe to the role of manager - philanthropy.

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SPI Capital: Syndication domination

Commercial property syndicates are making a comeback and are gaining momentum amongst investors keen to diversify their investment portfolios, and SPI Capital is at the forefront of the game.

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Further rate cut unlikely to inflame housing market

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is unlikely to inflame the housing market further if it moves to cut the Official Cash Rate (OCR), ASB economists believe.

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Further rate cut unlikely to inflame housing market

BNZ and Kiwibank increase long term TD rates

The battle for term deposit money heated up some more this week with Kiwibank and Bank of New Zealand making significant increases to rates yesterday.

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BNZ and Kiwibank increase long term TD rates

Mark Childs wins Broker of the Year

Mark Childs from Mortgage Link, Wairapapa has won The New Zealand Mortgage Broker of the Year for 2009.

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Standards for some advisers could be higher than first thought

The Code Committee has confirmed some issues around pending financial adviser regulation, but has suggested some advisers will have to meet higher educational thresholds than first thought.

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Standards for some advisers could be higher than first thought

Australian economic downturn 'shallower', rates will rise, Stevens say

Australia's economic downturn may prove to be one of the shallower ‘recessions' the nation has faced and the central bank will have to lift interest rates at some point, Governor Glenn Stevens told the parliament's economics committee.

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