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BNZ issues first New Zealand Covered Bonds in Australia
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 9:58 am | BNZ
Bank of New Zealand has successfully completed its inaugural Australian Dollar denominated covered bond transaction, issuing AUD700m for a 5 year term. The issue was supported by strong demand from Australian institutional investors including some overseas ... More >>
BNZ's Confidence Survey Notes Another Rise
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 10:49 am | BNZ Confidence Survey
BNZ Confidence Survey has found a further rise in sentiment about where the economy will be in a year?s time ? this time to a record level of a net 57% positive from 42% in May. However although in some sectors such as agriculture sentiment is overwhelmingly ... More >>
Whoo eh! 150 words nets writer top prize
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 9:33 am | BNZ
A 150 word story about a 1972 Holden Kingswood has scored aspiring writer James Francis first prize in the inaugural BNZ Literary Awards Short Short Story Award. The story, called Whoo eh!, depicts a child’s reaction to their teacher’s flash ... More >>
Moodys’ Rating Review of Bank of New Zealand
Friday, 27 May 2011, 5:06 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Moody’s downgrade BNZ’s long term credit rating one notch from AA2 to AA3, with a stable outlook, and leave unchanged BNZ’s short term rating of P-1 BNZ Treasurer Tim Main says, “The one notch reduction in BNZ’s long term rating is understandable ... More >>
BNZ saves home loan customers $64 million
Friday, 27 May 2011, 10:02 am | BNZ
In just four years, BNZ customers have been spared over $64 million in interest on their home loans thanks to the offsetting features of the bank’s TotalMoney account. More >>
Fonterra dairy forecast higher than expected
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 1:51 pm | BNZ
Despite Fonterra’s payout dropping from the $8 to $8.10 range for the current season, today’s forecast is the third highest payout on record and set to generate strong on-farm profitability, according to BNZ Chief Economist Doug Steel. More >>
Morbid themes and tragedies dominate BNZ Story Awards
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 10:25 am | Bank of New Zealand
True to our Kiwi gothic roots, death, suicide, bullying and homelessness have proven to be popular topics among entrants for the inaugural BNZ Short Short Story Award, which closed for submissions this week. More >>
Bank of New Zealand wins Bank of the Year
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 1:03 pm | Bank of New Zealand
BNZ won the coveted Bank of the Year Award at last night’s Institute of Finance Professionals New Zealand (INFINZ) industry awards which recognise outstanding achievements in the financial sector. More >>
BNZ-REINZ Market Survey Results
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 12:33 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Our monthly BNZ-REINZ Market Survey has revealed a further strong increase in interest in the real estate market from first home buyers, sustained interest from investors, plus more sales going Unconditional and people passing through Open Homes. However ... More >>
BNZ Confidence Survey Results
Monday, 9 May 2011, 12:19 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Our BNZ Confidence Survey for May has found an 18 month high in the level of optimism businesses have about where the economy will be a year from now. More >>
BNZ reports a solid result in a subdued economy
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 10:28 am | Bank of New Zealand
Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has today reported cash earnings for its New Zealand banking operations* for the six months to 31 March 2011 of $283 million. This is an increase of $28 million or 11% compared to the half year to March 2010. More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview
Thursday, 21 April 2011, 10:14 am | BNZ Weekly
This Week’s New Stuff Unlike last week this past six days we have not received much new information on the state of the New Zealand economy apart from the quarterly inflation report and our own new BNZ-REINZ Market Survey. More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview April 14
Thursday, 14 April 2011, 8:39 pm | BNZ Weekly
Many thanks to those who responded in our monthly survey last week. The results were significant because they showed a strong rebound in sentiment following the understandable decline in the early –March survey which captured concerns following ... More >>
BNZ Confidence Survey results
Monday, 11 April 2011, 11:01 am | BNZ Confidence Survey
Attached are the results of our BNZ Confidence Survey sent out to recipients of the Weekly Overview last Thursday night. The results reveal a sharp bounce up in sentiment about where the economy will be in a year's time to a net 14% optimistic from 21% ... More >>
BNZ back in business in Sydenham
Friday, 8 April 2011, 3:58 pm | BNZ
Bank of New Zealand is set to open the doors of its Sydenham store at 418 Colombo Street on Monday for the first time since February’s earthquake. Glenn Patrick BNZ Chief Operating Officer – Retail says, “With the removal of the Colombo Street ... More >>
NZ’s longest running short story competition gets social
Friday, 1 April 2011, 1:43 pm | BNZ
The BNZ Literary Awards launch today with the inclusion of a world-first Facebook short story category added to the competition. More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview 31 March, 2011
Friday, 1 April 2011, 9:35 am | Bank of New Zealand
This week we received the monthly merchandise trade data and they show that in seasonally adjusted terms exports have grown 3.5% over the past three months which is three times average quarterly growth. But at the same time, even after removing an extra ... More >>
Bank information more accessible
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 4:26 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Revised disclosure requirements for banks coming into effect today will make information more accessible for investors, depositors and analysts, Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Grant Spencer said. More >>
AMEX gets onboard with BNZ anti-fraud technology
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 2:56 pm | BNZ
BNZ announced today that its patented protection mechanism for bank and credit cards has been approved for use on American Express cards from this week. BNZ invented and developed this world beating fraud prevention technology, called Liquid Encryption ... More >>
BNZ staff ‘chip in’ for the pets of Christchurch
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 10:56 am | Bank of New Zealand
SPCA Canterbury has just kicked off the SPCA ‘Chip your Pet for Free’ campaign, to help maximise pet owners’ chances of being reunited with their pets during or after a disaster or at any time. More >>
