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Subscription content please login to view - CBA will live with tighter margins CBA will live with tighter margins
18 May 2012 7:05am
Commonwealth Bank will wear the squeeze on its interest margins from more expensive term-funding the bank's chief executive told an investor briefing yesterday. » read more »
Heritage pays up for retail bond
18 May 2012 7:04am
Heritage Bank will diversify its funding, at a price, with the mutual bank yesterday beginning to market a five-year bond. It aims to raise A$125 million, mainly from retail investors. » read more »
Investment banking suits AMMB
18 May 2012 7:01am
ANZ's Malaysian associate, AMMB, is counting on growth in its investment banking and funds management activities to drive profit and to offset a squeeze on margins. » read more »
Subscription content please login to view - AMMB billed for advice it didn't provide AMMB billed for advice it didn't provide
18 May 2012 6:59am
The degree of expertise, or otherwise, in funds management of AMMB Holdings was recently the cause of an adverse finding by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States. » read more »
Subscription content please login to view - Margin loan balances hit a new low Margin loan balances hit a new low
18 May 2012 6:56am
Margin loan balances hit an eight-year low in the March 2012 quarter. Reserve Bank figures published yesterday show a fall from A$15.1 billion in the December quarter to $14.9 billion in March. » read more »
Subscription content please login to view - Contactless payments struggles with cardholders Contactless payments struggles with cardholders
18 May 2012 6:56am
Consumers are proving slow to respond to innovation in the payments market, according to new research. » read more »
Subscription content please login to view - Australian Unity pursues mutual consolidation model Australian Unity pursues mutual consolidation model
17 May 2012 7:08am
Australian Unity chief executive David Bryant is on the lookout for merger opportunities and believes he has a good model for consolidating mutuals. » read more »
Subscription content please login to view - Westpac pays 140 bps over swap rate on RMBS Westpac pays 140 bps over swap rate on RMBS
17 May 2012 7:08am
Westpac will pay 140 basis points over the one-month bank bill swap rate on the A$1.06 billion top tranche of its latest issue of residential mortgage-backed securities. » read more »
Subscription content please login to view - Underlying questions over banks' cash profits Underlying questions over banks' cash profits
17 May 2012 7:01am
The major banks failed to meet their obligations for reporting non-statutory earnings figures in the half-year results presentations they have issued over the past few weeks. » read more »
Briefs: ANZ seeks Thai licence, Indonesian profits, business lending bounces and Credit Corp on track
17 May 2012 7:01am
ANZ is seeking a Thai banking licence, while the ABS reports that business lending is bouncing back, and Credit Corp is on track for a good profit result.
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Subscription content please login to view - Industry stuck with cheques Industry stuck with cheques
16 May 2012 6:48am
Fees will rise for the dwindling band of cheque users, the Australian Payments Clearing Association noted yesterday in releasing a report on dispensing with this form of payment. » read more »
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