by Warren Head | Dec 18, 2025 | Money Market, Property
18.1.225 ASB has lifted some of its fixed home loan and term deposit rates and lowered its 6-month home loan rate to a market leading 4.65%, in response to longer term wholesale rate movements. Fixed mortgage rates are influenced by a variety of different market...
by Warren Head | Nov 17, 2025 | Money Market
17.11.25 ANZ Bank economists expect a 25bp cut in the OCR to 2.25% by the Reserve Bank monetary policy committee on Wednesday 26 November. “We don’t expect the RBNZ to cut further next year (barring a global shock) but it would be politic to leave the door open to...
by Warren Head | Oct 5, 2025 | Economy, Money Market
5.10.25 Banking economists are expecting the RBNZ to cut the Official Cash Rate by 25bp to 2.75% this week. ANZ Bank’s chief economist for New Zealand Sharon Zollner has noted that dovish messaging leaves open the option of a 50bp cut in November “and thereby prevents...
by Warren Head | Sep 24, 2025 | Free, Latest News, Money Market
24.9.25 Air New Zealand has successfully completed a A$300 million 7-year fixed-rate bond issuance under its wholesale Australian Medium Term Note (AMTN) programme. The senior unsecured notes carry a fixed coupon of 5.179% per annum representing an issue margin to...
by Warren Head | Sep 23, 2025 | Free, Money Market
23.9.25 Auckland International Airport is considering an offer of fixed rate bonds maturing in April 2031 to New Zealand retail investors and to institutional investors. Any such Retail Offer will be made pursuant to the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 as an offer...
by Warren Head | Aug 25, 2025 | Money Market
Meridian Energy is considering making an offer of up to $250 million (with the ability to accept oversubscriptions of up to an additional $50 million at Meridian’s discretion) of 6.5 year unsecured, unsubordinated, fixed rate green bonds to institutional and New...
