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Structural change strengthens regional bank credit ratings

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
... said the changes had occurred because the regional banks had expanded business activities to supplement home mortgage lending and increasingly originate loans outside of traditional geographic markets. In the report S&P said the solid earning performance ...

Interest rates remain on hold in April

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
... leave rates on hold this month, and possibly even for the rest of the year, given a fall in building approvals and new lending following last year's rate rises.

Regional banks look to business lending, wealth management: KPMG

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
Australia's regional banks are set to benefit from improving business lending and wealth management operations, as consumer and home lending cools, according to KPMG. KPMG's latest survey of regional banks, released today, showed the sector grew net ...

Elders Finance reports drop in profit

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2004
... The company boosted its total assets by 17.6 % over the six months. Elders Finance chairman Mark Hotchin said the strong lending performance by the company in the six months to December 31 2003, resulted in the company's total assets rising from $549.8 ...

Rentenbank launches A$400 million June 2011 bond issue

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
... rated Aaa/AAA/AAA, was established to promote German agriculture and rural areas through its role as the country's central lending agency.

Adelaide Bank launches $800 million local securitisation program

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2004
... million issue yesterday. The bank announced the launch of its eighth domestic issue under its TORRENS residential mortgage lending securitisation program. The issue, known as the series 2004-1 TORRENS Trust, marks the regional bank's return to the domestic ...

Business expectations weakest in 12 months: survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2004
... wholesale executives reported a slowdown in consumer spending levels in February. Just over half said that a jump in bank lending rates, if the Reserve Bank of Australia were to hike interest rates again, would have a negative effect on their busines ...

Housing credit growth sustainable, but will ease: Macquarie

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2004
... whether the current levels are sustainable. A recent report by Macquarie Research Economics has found the present level of lending can be sustained, however Macquarie warned that as stock of credit rose towards a new equilibrium level, credit growth ...

Margin lending for direct share investment rises: St George

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
Margin lending for direct investment in the share market picked up in the December quarter, according to St George Bank head of margin lending, Andrew Black. Black said Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) data showed there had been a move towards borrowing ...

S&P assigns ratings to Members Equity

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2004
... good-quality liquid assets on its balance sheet, and conservative underwriting standards in the origination of consumer lending assets, from which the bank generates mortgage servicing and margin revenue.