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Bank profits exceed 25 per cent

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... APRA's monthly banking statistics for March showed the big four banks had the most exposure to residential housing with Westpac leading the pack at $274.8 billion of housing loans, both owner-occupied and investment. The Commonwealth was next with $253.4 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... Australian stock market has opened more than one per cent lower following a weak result in the US on Friday night and as Westpac shares went ex-dividend. US stocks ended the week mired in red on Friday as investors shrugged off US inflation and consumer ...

Planners hungry for geared investments - Westpac

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Financial advisers are stepping up their interest in gearing linked products, according to Westpac, which recently completed an investor road show across Australia. The roadshow attracted over 700 advisers, as well as some of their clients, with high ...

AUI to draw planners with new property ratings

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... investors to its $40 million rights issue, due to close on June 30. The Diversified Property Fund, which was acquired from Westpac in September 2010, has earned a three-star 'NEW' rating from Standard & Poor's Fund Services, while Lonsec has given it ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... engineers called off a planned strike as part of an industrial dispute. Among the banks, ANZ was eight cents down at $22.30, Westpac has lifted 15 cents to $23.76, Commonwealth has advanced 10 cents to $51.80 and National Australia Bank has improved ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... it" after its shares went ex-dividend, he said. At 1204 AEST, ANZ was 74 cents lower, by 3.19 per cent, at $22.43 while Westpac was down 21 cents at $23.64, Commonwealth gave up 67 cents to $51.85 and National Australia Bank slid 35 cents to $26.95. ...

Kearney Group earns top planning award

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... its licensee the dealer group Securitor. The award was presented by Securitor's head of dealer groups, Matt Englund and Westpac chief executive officer Gail Kelly at the Securitor Convention in Singapore on April 15. The winner of the National Practice ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... coat-tails, with National Australia Bank up 17 cents, or 0.62 per cent, to $27.81, ANZ 27 cents stronger at $23.34 and Westpac lifting 23 cents to $23.83. In the materials sector, BHP Billiton advanced 47 cents to $45.02, while Rio Tinto improved by ...

New Westpac chairman announced

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Ted Evans, Westpac Chairman, has announced his decision to retire and his successor was revealed to be fellow board member, Lindsay Maxsted. Mr. Evans joined Westpac's Board in 2001 and became Chairman in 2007. "With the success of the St.George merger ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... lower after falling 28 cents, or 1.01 per cent, to $27.56. ANZ Banking Group lost 23 cents, or 0.98 per cent, to $23.16, Westpac dropped 22 cents, or 0.91 per cent, to $23.84 and Commonwealth Bank eased 23 cents, or 0.44 per cent, to $52.42. Resources ...