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NAB picks up corporate and institutional clients -analyst report

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2004
National Australia Bank appears to have staunched the bleeding in its corporate and institutional divisions harmed by the $360 million foreign exchange scandal and is starting to pick up new customers. According to East & Partners\' latest report, NAB ...

Perpetual Trustee Co issues two tranches of floating rate notes

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2004
Perpetual Trustee Company on Thursday said it had priced two tranches of August 2035 floating rate notes for the Integrity Series 2004-1 Trust. It said the Class A notes, worth $389 million with a weighted average life of 2.5 years and an expected AAA ...

Economic activity growth in H2 to be stronger than H1 - index

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2004
... to nine months ahead today reported that growth in the second half 2004 should remain below its average pace. The Westpac Bank/Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity was 3% in May, below its long-term trend of 3.3%. Westpac\'s head of ...

Aust banks amongst Asia Pacific region's top lenders

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2004
Australian banks were among the top 10 lending institutions for project finance in Asia Pacific for the first six months of 2004 with much of the activity concentrated in Australia. Total loans for project finance for the period amounted to $US13 billion ...

HBOS appoints former Westpac exec to head Australian unit

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2004
United Kingdom-based bank HBOS has appointed Westpac Banking Corp\'s former head of institutional banking, David Willis, to head up its new Australian operation. The appointment would take effect from 1 July, and Willis would \"be leading the group\'s ...

Competition leaving little room for bank fee hikes, says Westpac

Competitive intensity among banks was leaving little room for lifting bank fees, Westpac Banking Corp chief executive David Morgan said [on Sunday]. Mr Morgan said there were no plans in the pipeline for across the board hikes in fees, although a moratorium ...

Banking chiefs extra vigilant after NAB scandal

No bank can assume there will never be an error but big losses signified a fairly significant breakdown of controls, Westpac Banking Corp head David Morgan said [on Sunday]. Mr Morgan declined to comment directly on the NAB foreign exchange scandal ...

Macquarie DDR appoints Bob Joss as independent director

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2004
Macquarie DDR Management today announced it had appointed former Westpac chief executive, Robert Joss, to its board. Mr Joss, dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business will be appointed as an independent director with the appointment taking effect ...

New Zealand central bank lifts interest rates 25 basis points

... seen as the sharp fall in the currency to about US62 cents yesterday after peaking at US71 cents in mid February. Westpac Bank chief economist Brendan O'Donovan today said it was "telling" that the RBNZ talked about the uncertainty over whether the fall ...

Housing market slowdown arrives "with a vengeance": Westpac

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
The housing market slowdown has arrived "with a vengeance", Westpac Banking Corp chief executive David Morgan said yesterday. But he said interest rates were still set to rise because of strong economic conditions in Australia and abroad. "The long-awaited ...