Toothless tigers and Entrust
Opinion

Andrew Body: Toothless tigers and Entrust

Vector shows how there is too little pressure on monopolies to change their ways.

Andrew Body 11 Aug 2025
Willis can do more to fix banking competition
Finance

Andrew Body: Willis can do more to fix banking competition

A competitive banking system needs more than lower capital adequacy ratios.

Andrew Body 02 Apr 2025
Banking report: time for RBNZ to look in the mirror
Law & Regulation

Andrew Body: Banking report: time for RBNZ to look in the mirror

Nothing is likely to change without new leadership overseeing our prudential policy.

How to stop NZ failing
Policy Free

Andrew Body: How to stop NZ failing

For decades, governments have bemoaned NZ's poor productivity performance while failing to overcome it. Focusing on a few, high-impact reforms would be a start.

Andrew Body 10 Aug 2022