Jenny Ruth

Reserve Bank researcher Andrew Coleman says increased demand for better quality housing is one of the reasons house prices rose.

ANZ Bank NZ is the first bank to have hiked its floating mortgage rate since December.

Has the Reserve Bank's shock OCR increase backfired?

All retirement village operators’ share prices are significantly depressed.

RBNZ’s open bank resolution policy has turned into a sacred cow it is loath to discard, even though experts including Treasury say it wouldn’t work.

Investors don’t need to worry about any near-term capital raising.

Former Reserve Bank official Ian Harrison found debt-to-income restrictions and loan-to-value ratio restrictions achieved the same results.

Banks are likely to experience greater volatility of retail deposits as digital and open banking practices take hold.

Pre-covid, radiology had been growing at about 7% a year but covid-caused disruption slowed that significantly.

New Zealand is likely to have a job-rich recession.

Forsyth Barr analyst Aaron Ibbotson expects a meaningful slowdown in debt build-up when Ryman reports its annual results.

Just about everybody feels the pain of inflation but there are some winners, albeit winners unaware that they’re benefiting.

The estimated fee increase reflects a rise in Infratil's CDC Data Centres stake.

NZ regulations don’t allow contingent bonds, or cocos, and Australasian perpetual preference shares are explicitly ranked ahead of ordinary shareholders.

Accounting rules don’t appear to be serving investors very well, boosting property companies' supposed profits.

Briscoe Group doesn't want the fulfilment of online orders to affect its stores.

Duke said in January the company was likely to give up about half its margin gained since the covid pandemic hit.

The class action relies on evidence in a judgment in a previous case.

National Party finance spokeswoman Nicola Willis is just the latest politician to suggest profits are bad.

The company says claims of excessive profits lack the backing of any research.

The legislation will formalise the de-facto insurance the government provides.

BusinessDesk understands the partnership between the Bank of NZ and Xero's Waddle took about a year to negotiate.

In the period covered by the class action suit, Fletcher's mounting losses on high-rise buildings were consistently understated.

The Reserve Bank's chief economist has accused banks of profiteering.

The company appears to be pivoting from growth to profitability.

The cuts will cost up to $35m and writing off Waddle will cost up to $40m.

The industry insists it's competitive after calls for inquiries into its profits.

Neither Summerset nor Ryman are able to pay their dividends out of free cash flow.

There’s a long history of foreign private equity firms milking the NZ market.

Heartland Group’s first-half results led to two analysts raising their valuations.

Heartland seems to be saying the Reserve Bank’s scheme to give banks cheap funding put it at a competitive disadvantage.

Vista Group’s annual recurring revenue was up 38% in 2022.