Financial markets
Whether you’re a domestic or multinational organisation, our specialists work with you to identify, understand, and manage your financial markets risk.
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Foreign exchange
We provide guidance on how to manage your foreign exchange risks, and can structure and execute an effective foreign exchange risk management solution.
We work across the entire spectrum of New Zealand business, with deep and broad experience in the foreign exchange market. Our access to the National Australia Bank global network means we’re always up-to-date with new market developments to keep you informed.
We cover over 30 currencies across the Pacific, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.
Our products include:
- spot foreign exchange
- short and long term forward foreign exchange
- vanilla and structured foreign exchange options
- 24 hour FX order board
- foreign currency accounts.
Manage your foreign exchange transactions with FX Online
FX Online lets you book and manage your foreign exchange transactions including forward exchange contracts, and send international payments through Internet Banking for Business. Get access to live, personalised foreign exchange rates, and deal online or via our business banking app.
Interest rate risk management
We help you understand the nature of your interest rate exposure and how your changing debt profile will affect your net earnings.
Our connection to BNZ’s in-house research team and wider NAB Group gives us greater insight into the constantly changing global interest rate markets. Our local team of market specialists provide up-to-date analysis on factors that influence domestic and international interest rates, to help you manage your interest rate exposures.
Our products include:
- vanilla and structured interest rate swaps
- swaptions
- caps and floors.
We also provide risk management advice and hedging solutions using our flagship Customised Average Rate Loan through our Business Markets team.
Financial institutions
We offer products and services to institutional and smaller financial organisations, not-for-profit organisations, and BNZ Private Bank investors.
Our fixed income products include:
- fixed income and floating rate investments
- interest rate derivatives
- cash and term deposit products.
We help institutions hedge and rebalance their international investment portfolios, with foreign exchange spot, forward and currency options.
And our specialist currency hedging product, Currency Overlay, is designed to help institutions and consultants that are managing international fixed income and equity portfolios.
Commodity risk management
We help you identify your exposures and structure the best solution for your commodities risk, to reduce the impact of unfavourable price changes.
We offer hedging solutions with cash settlement in agricultural products, energy, and base metals.