Home > Blog
Submitted by Diana Clement on Monday, 17 October 2011 Category: The banking industry is often criticised for its poor savings products, yet savers can vote with their feet and get better returns – sometimes several per cent per annum in interest.
Add or view comments (1) Trackbacks (0) Permalink
Submitted by John Baird on Tuesday, 11 October 2011 Category: RaboDirect More than half of all New Zealand adults are missing out on higher interest rates by not taking advantage of bonus saver products.
Add or view comments (2) Trackbacks (0) Permalink
Submitted by Owen Hallmark on Friday, 7 October 2011 Category: Biking It's a city famous for its lights, architecture, fashion and cuisine, but in July Paris is all about cycling. The Champs Elysees comes alive as the venue for the final sprint of the world’s most iconic road race - the Tour de France. It’s here that Kiwis Vaughan Hunt - an avid cyclist, and Sheryl Gates – a “BMX Mum” experienced “le Tour” in all its glory.
Add or view comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Permalink
Submitted by Diana Clement on Thursday, 6 October 2011 Category: Life is full of winners and losers. Some people simply have the right mix of mental fortitude to get ahead. Others don’t.
Submitted by Michael Courtney on Thursday, 6 October 2011 Category: Investing With all the uncertainty in global markets at the moment, it is easy to start questioning an investment strategy that may have been adopted in the past, or what approach is best for the future. At RaboDirect, while we are unable to provide our customers with financial advice, we do try and provide as much information as possible to assist you in making your investment decision.
Submitted by Jonathan Underhill on Friday, 30 September 2011 Category: Investing In the past six months, the New Zealand dollar has moved almost 20 U.S. cents, touching a post-float high at the beginning of August and falling away just as quickly this month. The decisions by both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings to cut the sovereign rating one notch to AA have exacerbated the slide.
Submitted by Helen McKenzie on Monday, 19 September 2011 Category: Investing Global economist for Tyndall Investment Management New Zealand Limited, Andrew Hunt provides his views on the current state of the world economy, and his thoughts for the future
Submitted by Helen McKenzie on Monday, 19 September 2011 Category: Investing Helen McKenzie from Tyndall Investment Management shares some insights on investing in managed funds
Submitted by Diana Clement on Tuesday, 13 September 2011 Category: I’m envious of 20-somethings and their KiwiSaver accounts. Those who have started salting a small portion of their income away at such a tender age will be amazed at how their money grows.
Submitted by Jonathan Underhill on Saturday, 3 September 2011 Category: Any kiwi looking across the Tasman would wonder why the long faces. Consumer confidence fell to a two-year low in August. Woolworths, the biggest retailer over there, says there is no sign consumer sentiment will improve any time soon and expects to be doing it tough through 2012.
Read John and Diana's opinions and views about the current state of New Zealand's financial wellbeing.
John Baird is the acting General Manager for RaboDirect
As our permanent head of business operations John will be leading the RaboDirect team while we seek out and appoint a new GM
Diana Clement is an Auckland-based freelance personal finance and investment writer.
She was the winner of the New Zealand Property Media Awards 2007 and has worked in the UK and New Zealand as a journalist since 1988.
Subscribe to RSS Feed
Contact us0800 22 44 33
RaboDirect is a division of Rabobank New Zealand Ltd
Diana Clement is an Auckland-based freelance personal finance and investment writer.