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FMA bans Geneva Finance from borrowing from public
The new Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has announced it has used its new powers for the first time to stop Geneva Finance from borrowing from the public after it breached a loan agreement with Bank of Scotland.
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Signs of recovery in patchy market
Confused over whether Auckland prices are going up, down or sideways? Bruce Morris tries to get a handle on things with a trip to the auction rooms.
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Shamubeel Eaqub: Saving back in fashion
The housing market is improving with sales volumes rising and pent-up demand in the North Island property market. Turnover is expected to rise, but don’t expect house prices to rise strongly.
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NZ banks buy into covered bonds
New Zealand banks have been raising billions of dollars in recent weeks by doing something their Australian parent companies can not yet legally do - issue covered bonds.
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KiwiSaver changes turn many 'maybes' off for good
62 per cent of those who had been fence-sitting on KiwiSaver no longer want to be involved.
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<i>Inside Money:</i> Passive Design - a weird budget default option
What's a no-Nanny State National government doing volunteering its surrogate services to conceive another unwanted financial product?
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<i>Bernard Hickey : </i> Doing nothing while we get poorer
The Reserve Bankdid nothing today, as expected. It did nothing to stop New Zealand's slide in relative poverty.
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<i>Inside Money:</i> Technomoney - software dream or virtual nightmare?
New technology will save the world, according to the Bitcoin believers.
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Debt goes in 'too hard' basket for many Kiwis
People want less debt but half of them have no plans to do anything differently, a survey says.