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18 July 2018

Bank profits under pressure - KPMG

The era of record setting profits for New Zealand banks looks to be over with a new report revealing they saw a significant decline in the last quarter.

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18 July 2018

Patten takes down broking shingle after 16 years

Veteran mortgage adviser Bruce Patten has hung up his shingle as a broker and moved into a new role at the NZ Financial Services Group.

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18 July 2018

Small banks growth outpace big banks

New Zealand’s smaller banks have grown their lending books at a faster pace then their big four Australian-owned peers in the March quarter.

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17 July 2018

Owner occupiers better protected now: RBNZ (+ Report)

New owner-occupier mortgage holders have become less vulnerable to a housing market bust, higher interest rates or income loss since the Reserve Bank introduced the LVRs.

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