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Consumer sentiment falls from nine-year high: Westpac

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2004
The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment fell by 3.8% this month, seasonally adjusted, from a nine-year high reached in February. All components of the index fell this month. Consumers were the least optimistic about family finances ...

Differentiation the key to investment property: Westpac

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2004
Differentiation should be a key concern for people shopping for investment property, Westpac Banking Corp's head of property Frank Allen said yesterday. Mr Allen said the residential property market was already showing signs of softening but was unlikely ...

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

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2004
... the most ground to recover. That segment currently had between 12% and 13% of its market, while National Australia Bank, Westpac and ANZ all had nearer 20%.

Westpac comfortable with market expectations

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
Westpac Banking Corp said today that it was comfortable with market expectations for the 2004 financial year as it met with institutional investors. At the same time the bank said that cash earnings for all business units in the year to date are ahead ...

Westpac financial planning head leaves after less than a year

After less than a year in the role, Westpac financial planning head Scott Walters has left the group. His departure also comes before the full implementation of the group\'s ongoing strategic review, Project Sunrise, which he launched and managed during ...

Westpac-MI leading index rises back above trend average

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2004
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity, which indicates the likely pace of economic activity six to nine-months in the future, rose above its long-term trend in December. The annualised growth rate of the leading index was ...

AIF to maintain dividends, after reporting $11.2 million net profit

... in APAC - which owns Melbourne and Launceston airports - had demonstrated the strength of a combined partnership with Westpac Bank. AIF said it would continue to leverage the Westpac partnership through deal flows and asset underwriting and grow the ...

AMP shares surge on speculation of takeover interest

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2004
... overnight may have sparked the trading activity. He also said there were rumours that some financial sector players, including Westpac Banking Corp, could be eyeing AMP as a target, now that National Australia Bank's (NAB) ambitions of a possible takeover ...

RBA rate hikes not over despite steady call: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
... December that raised the overnight cash rate by 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.

Westpac to adopt single national brand

Bank of Melbourne and Challenge Bank are to undergo a name change as its parent company Westpac develops a more consistent approach to its services, and adopts a single Westpac brand throughout Australia. Westpac group executive for business and consumer ...