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NZ dollar hits new record vs. euro ahead of ECB quantitative easing

The New Zealand dollar rose to a record against the euro ahead of a European Central Bank meeting tonight where it’s expected to detail plans for its quantitative easing programme starting this month. The kiwi hit 68.55 euro cents, and was trading at 68.46 cents at 8am in Wellington, from 67.61 cents at 5pm yesterday. The local currency advanced to …

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While you were sleeping: Eyes on US jobs, ECB

Wall Street fell after a softer-than-expected private jobs report and a decline in oil prices, while stocks in Europe gained ahead of a European Central Bank gathering that should reveal more about its plans for additional monetary stimulus. Oil prices fell after a report showing US crude oil inventories climbed to a fresh record for the eighth week in a …

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JPMorgan’s NZ branch gets formal warning from central bank over lack of risk assessment plan in 2013

JPMorgan Chase Bank’s New Zealand branch have been given a formal warning by the Reserve Bank for a four-month period in 2013 when it didn’t have appropriate risk assessment measures in place to meet anti-money laundering legislation. The central bank today issued a formal warning to the JPMorgan branch, saying it “has reasonable grounds to believe that for a period of approximately four …

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