NAB faces continued narrow home loan margins

NAB will have to live with narrowing home loan margins for now. Mark Joiner, the executive director of finance at National Australia Bank, walked an industry conference in Melbourne, on Friday, throug.. read more

NAB aims for 18 per cent ROE

National Australia Bank will target a return on equity of 18 per cent to 20 per cent, said Mark Joiner. This is consistent with long-term returns for the top 20 companies in Australia, said the bank's.. read more

Speedy debt sell-down needed

Large loans to corporate borrowers cannot linger on bank balance sheets, and banks "have got to get it moving through," Mark Joiner, the executive director of finance at National Australia Bank, told.. read more

Banks hungry for top-tier loans

Banks are taking an optimistic approach toward the level of demand for new loans at the top end of town in 2011 and 2012 after a subdued year so far in 2010. read more

Leveraged finance readily available

Terms for leveraged loans, often sought by private equity investors, are becoming more like those available in the middle stages of the boom in 2004, a couple of practitioners told the Banking and F.. read more

Rabo, Citi and ME Bank hit deposit stride

A reclassification by Commonwealth Bank of some of the deposits of Bank of Western Australia as business rather than household deposits complicates comparisons in the deposit data on the monthly ban.. read more

Wider mortgage margins inevitable: Westpac

Westpac might be preparing its customers for a further widening in margins on home loans. Rob Coombe, group executive, retail and business banking, at a speech in Sydney yesterday, said that the price.. read more