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![<i>Inside Money:</i> OneWay to rebrand a bank](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Inside Money:</i> OneWay to rebrand a bank
I am going to resist the temptation to make fun of ING's new Australasian name: OnePath.
![NZ dollar recovering after yesterday's fall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ dollar recovering after yesterday's fall
The NZ dollar is recovering this morning after a sharp fall yesterday.
![US shares up on pleasing jobs data](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
US shares up on pleasing jobs data
Stocks in the US advanced as better-than-expected expansion in private-sector jobs and the nation’s services sector eased some of the recent heightened concerns.
![Mortgage suspect hit with $1.3m bill](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mortgage suspect hit with $1.3m bill
A banker at the centre of an alleged multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud has been ordered to pay nearly $1.3m in damages to his ex-employer.
!['Gratuitious sex' bank ad complaint rejected](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Gratuitious sex' bank ad complaint rejected
The Advertising Standards Authority has rejected a complaint that a Rabobank TV ad was a "gratuitous" use of sex appeal to try and sell an unrelated product.
![<i>Inside Money:</i> ASB shuts funds and mouth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Inside Money:</i> ASB shuts funds and mouth
ASB's decision to close a number of its retail funds caused a bit of a kerfuffle recently but it shouldn't have been a surprise.
![Allied Farmers to raise $19.3m in discounted placement, rights issue](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Allied Farmers to raise $19.3m in discounted placement, rights issue
Allied Farmers has unveiled a $19.3 million capital raising plan.
![Feltex Five 'all honest men'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Feltex Five 'all honest men'
A judge says the five Feltex directors found not guilty of breaching financial reporting rules were "all honest men".
![Feltex directors cleared by court](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Feltex directors cleared by court
Feltex's five former directors have been found not guilty of breaching financial reporting rules.
![Bollard lifts OCR, future hikes likely to be less](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bollard lifts OCR, future hikes likely to be less
While increasing the OCR this morning, Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard has indicated that future hikes won't be as aggressive as earlier tipped.
![NZ dollar jumps to six-month high](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ dollar jumps to six-month high
The NZ dollar climbed to a six-month high as a surge in new home sales in the US stoked investors' appetite for higher-yielding, or riskier, assets.
![<i>Bernard Hickey - </i> Reserve Bank should target the housing bubble](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Bernard Hickey - </i> Reserve Bank should target the housing bubble
It's clear the economy has become dependent on the debt growth fuelled by the housing market's ever-increasing values.
![<i>Dollar Outlook: </i> Kiwi may gain as rate decision looms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Dollar Outlook: </i> Kiwi may gain as rate decision looms
The New Zealand dollar may advance as traders eschew an out-of-favour greenback and seek growth assets Downunder this week.
![OCR hike tipped for next week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
OCR hike tipped for next week
The Reserve Bank is tipped to raise the Official Cash Rate next week, despite lower than expected economic growth.
![EU lenders await 'stress test' bank results](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
EU lenders await 'stress test' bank results
Shares across Europe rose yesterday amid hopes that most of the continent's 91 top banks will pass EU-mandated 'stress tests'.