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![Sector weighs Reserve Bank lending tools](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sector weighs Reserve Bank lending tools
Regulating loan-to-value ratios would not be the Reserve Bank's favoured option, believes the Bankers' Association.
![Reserve Bank unveils 'tool-box' strategy paper](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Reserve Bank unveils 'tool-box' strategy paper
The Reserve Bank has released a consultation paper on the macro-prudential instruments it wants to add to its toolbox.
![Stock Takes: Green light](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Stock Takes: Green light
Looks like details of the long-awaited Mighty River Power float are set to be released on Monday with the Government raring to go after receiving the all clear from the Supreme Court.
![Housing loan ratios 'bank's call'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Housing loan ratios 'bank's call'
Bill English says the greatest influence on the housing market will continue to be interest rates and supply constraints created by the planning system, writes Brian Fallow.
![Brian Fallow: Reserve Bank heats dollar debate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brian Fallow: Reserve Bank heats dollar debate
The higher the exchange rate is, the lower interest rates can be, writes Brian Fallow. Asset price inflation, in the Auckland housing market at any rate, is alive and well.
![Fisher buy means Tower staying local](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fisher buy means Tower staying local
Good news, bad news - Fisher Funds buying Tower's investment business means it will stay local, but there'll be less competition.
![Banking's big switchover](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Banking's big switchover
Today's banks are complex. Over the years they have grown from small retail operations into sprawling financial institutions, along the way acquiring other businesses, inheriting product lines and processes.
![New pressure on Shipley](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New pressure on Shipley
Another company linked to Dame Jenny Shipley is under pressure and may be forced to stop operating by September if it cannot meet new Reserve Bank requirements.
![British actor Blessed to front new ASB ads](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
British actor Blessed to front new ASB ads
British actor Brian Blessed has been picked as the new look of the ASB Bank.
![NZ dollar breaks above 85 US cents](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ dollar breaks above 85 US cents
The NZ dollar has risen above 85 US cents for the first time since September 2011 amid expectations retail sales figures today will add to a string of strong data.
![BNZ makes play at youth market](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
BNZ makes play at youth market
BNZ has launched a marketing push to capture a bigger share of the youth market by launching a new internet banking product.
![Directors claim full knowledge of finances](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Directors claim full knowledge of finances
Former independent directors of failed construction group Mainzeal said they had full knowledge of the company's financial position at all times, refuting earlier media reports.