Cost-benefit issues in spotlight amid RBNZ capital settings review

Cost-benefit issues in spotlight amid RBNZ capital settings review
Latest concerns add to questions over the RBNZ's capital settings review methodology. (Image: Getty)
Andy Macdonald
Four banking commentators have taken issue over aspects of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s latest capital settings review, citing integral cost-to-benefit concerns, albeit on different grounds.The criticisms were contained in formal feedback to the review that had yet to be made public by the central bank. They were brought to BusinessDesk’s notice scarcely a week after others raised methodological concerns related to the same consultation round.In all, the Reserve Bank of NZ (RBNZ) had received 42 submissions to the review....

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