Opinion

Opinion and analysis from Pattrick Smellie, Peter Griffin, David Chaplin and Cameron Bagrie and a top-level group of New Zealand experts, including the BusinessDesk editorial team.
Regulators frown down on pumpers-and-dumpers
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David Chaplin: Regulators frown down on pumpers-and-dumpers

With the big end of town somewhat subdued, the regulators now face a much tougher policing job as financial misconduct – like finance itself – is increasingly 'democratised’.

David Chaplin 09 Feb 2022
The polls: a warning to the commentariat
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Pattrick Smellie: The polls: a warning to the commentariat

Patience and decorum are in short supply on both sides of the traditional political aisle, but loyalties are barely shifting, despite pandemic exhaustion.

Pattrick Smellie 08 Feb 2022
Reserve Bank's FLP should be given a decent burial
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Jenny Ruth: Reserve Bank's FLP should be given a decent burial

Banks have drawn $7.73 billion from the funding-for-lending programme so far, which is currently costing them 0.75% compared with their own term deposit rates of 2% to 2.45%.

Jenny Ruth 07 Feb 2022
Housing – just like the NZX before the crash of ’87?
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Brian Gaynor: Housing – just like the NZX before the crash of ’87?

There are worrying parallels between today’s housing market and the fevered environment before the 1987 sharemarket crash.

Brian Gaynor 05 Feb 2022