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RBA widens repo net

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
... securities the Reserve Bank (RBA) accepts under repos in its daily market operations includes securities issued by the Commonwealth Government, State and Territory central borrowing authorities and certain supranational organisations (supras). From now ...

CBA business arm sets aside $2 billion to restore market share

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2004
Commonwealth Bank of Australia's business banking arm has set aside $2 billion to lend to companies by June 30, as part of a bid to restore market share. The funds will be lent to clients across the bank's Institutional and Business Services (IBS) division ...

IADB sells seven-year A$400 million bond issue into Kangaroo market

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
... Bank (IADB) has sold a seven-year $A400 million bond issue into the Kangaroo market. Joint lead managers the Commonwealth Bank and RBC Capital Markets said the deal was priced at a re-offer spread of 12 basis points over the Queensland Treasury Corp ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2004
... Australian share market closed nearly half a per cent lower, led by weaker offshore markets and Wesfarmers and Commonwealth Bank of Australia going ex-dividend. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was steady at 3326 by ...

CBA launches $450-550 mln share buyback

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) today said it will buy back between $450 million and $550 million of its shares off-market. CBA today reported a net profit of $1.243 billion for the 2003/04 first half, double the previous first half result which ...

RBA rate hikes not over despite steady call: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
... a total of 50 basis points. Economists at Australia's four biggest banks - Westpac, National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank and ANZ - were among the minority forecasting a rate rise today.

BOS plans roadshow for debt investors

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
... subsidiary of the Bank of Scotland and a member of UK-based HBOS Group, said the roadshow would be hosted by the Commonwealth Bank and National Australia Bank and would include presentations to investors in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. The company ...

CBA launches 10-year subordinated note issue

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2004
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) today launched a $500 million subordinated medium term note issue. The notes, which will have a maturity of February 10, 2014, will be callable by the issuer on February 10, 2009 or quarterly thereafter, the ...

Fraudsters target Westpac net banking customers

... 350 NZ Westpac customers revealed their passwords after receiving similar emails, and a similar scam also hit Commonwealth Bank customers last year.

Jobs figures strengthen expectations of further rate hike

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2004
... being registered in high frequency Australian data are shortening the odds on a February hike," he said. But Commonwealth Bank economist Besa Deda said while another rise in interest rates was expected before the end of the first quarter, the accelerating ...