Still the same as what I've always passed on, $1.06 by Christmas.
Yes, $1.06 :scared:
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I have banked with Westpac for 52 years.My business banking has been with them 43 years.
I have had the same accountant for 43 years.
I have dealt with Craigs for over 35 years.
I no longer hold any Westpac shares.
I hold Heartland Bank shares,which I have been steadily adding to.
I looked at opening an account with ANZ Securities,as well as Heartland Bank, and decided I could not be bothered filling out their forms.
I generally buy shares for the long term,ie I have been a share holder of Ebos for approx. 27 years.
Yeah me too my bank is Westpac ; but the bank i invest in in NZ to profit from is Heartland; what a great track record against the odds its carved out some great niches and risk wise its minimal compared with the small cap spekkies and Goldies i play with. Kinda like SCL i know a weather event could stuff things up occasionally but thats the risk I'm prepared to take; as is walking out the door.
With these sort of rates of household borrowing you'd think Heartland would be doing much better than expected .....must bea profit upgrade soon.
http://www.interest.co.nz/property/8...last-seen-2008
Numbers concentrate on housing loans but implied is strong growth in consumer borrowing (outside of home loans)
I'm told that Heartland will be Open for Business in late august when BNZ is Closed for Good
Closed For Good: BNZ Great stuff; hats off.
Quite right to pull me up on this Macduffy - my wording was a little sloppy.
Perhaps what I should have said was the Reserve Bank has decided that a minimum requirement for a bank is the "Capacity to make timely repayments." The minimum credit rating that would indicate this is BBB (as determined by Fitch in the case of Heartland). The Reserve Bank accepts the Fitch rating and all that this implies (likelihood of defaulting on customer deposits in any given year 1 in 30 - or if you accept a business cycle is six years, one business cycle in five).
Nevertheless the essence behind what I said, namely that the reserve bank accepts the Heartland BBB rating and the associated one in 30 year default risk that the BBB rating implies is correct.
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