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Cost management versus under investment
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05 May 2004 12:00am
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Risk ratio refused
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05 May 2004 12:00amGail Kelly curiously refused to divulge the "value at risk" estimate for the march 2004 half when quizzed at the investpr briefing. » read more »
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New mortgage business capped in first quarter
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05 May 2004 12:00am• Home loans under management increased by 7.3 per cent or 14.7 per cent on an annualised basis to $45.9 billion. » read more »
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Captive mortgage insurance capital reviewed
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05 May 2004 12:00amSt George made some more detailed disclosures about the contribution of the bank's captive mortgage insurance company in the March 2004 half result than is usual. » read more »
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Middle market share grows
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05 May 2004 12:00am
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Consumer delinquencies rise
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05 May 2004 12:00am
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SuperBank ignored
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05 May 2004 12:00amThere doesn't appear to be any mention in the half year result of St George Bank's New Zealand subsidiary of its banking joint venture with supermarket chain Foodstuffs, which trades as SuperBank. » read more »
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Housing credit cycle defies the gloom
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03 May 2004 12:00amThe housing credit cycle may not be turning as rapidly as the multitude of housing loan managers running around owning up to declines in new business levels of between 15 per cent and 20 per cent, or more, would suggest. » read more »
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Building society and credit union profits improve
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03 May 2004 12:00amAustralian Prudential Regulation Authority data on the building society and credit union sectors sector of the banking industry for the December 2003 quarter shows that: » read more »
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Metropolitan takeover lifts Credit Union Australia
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03 May 2004 12:00amBrisbane-based Credit Union Australia in a press release last week said that it recorded a net profit of $10 million for the six months to December 2003, compared with a full year profit to June 2003 of $14.0 million. » read more »
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Telstra introduces credit card surcharging
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30 April 2004 12:00amTelstra's opened the door to widespread surcharging of credit card payments by utilities, and no doubt plenty of other dominant billers, with the introduction of a spread of surcharge levels for payments made by credit card. The credit card surcharge comes into force from June. » read more »
