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Moody's rates Westpac trust preferred securities issue

Moody's Investors Service has assigned a rating of A2 to Westpac Banking Corp's $US750 million issue of trust preferred securities. The outlook for the rating is stable. Moody's said the A2 rating is two notches lower than Westpac's senior debt obligations ...

fternoon market wrap: Local shares gain ground, but still end lower

... 18 points in early trade. There was little in the way of a broad theme to trading activity, with rises in Rio, ANZ and Westpac offset by falls in BHP Billiton, CBA and NAB. Similarly, News Corporation finished down while Telstra put on 2c. The bond market ...

Midday market wrap: Local shares make further gains

... The banking sector continued to make headway in the wake of positive outlook comments yesterday from Macquarie Bank and Westpac. Elsewhere, resource blue-chips Rio and BHP Billiton continued to make modest gains, while News Corporation was also higher. ...

Australian banks jostle for pole position in NBNZ race

... may soon be in Australian hands. The field is narrowing in the race NBNZ with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd and Westpac Banking Corp Ltd appearing to drop back in the running. However, ANZ Banking Group Ltd has put up its hand as an interested ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares end at 11-month high

... of sectors, and despite losses overnight in US markets. A strong result from Macquarie Bank and positive comments from Westpac provided support for the banking sector, while major resource companies, News Corporation and Telstra all benefited from renewed ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares a little higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2003
... was 3.3 points higher at 3,076.3. Major financial stocks were mixed, with NAB and CBA both opening slightly lower. But Westpac and ANZ strengthened from last night's closing levels, while major resource stocks Rio and BHP Billiton were also higher. The ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares follow US markets higher

... yield on the 10-year bond was 7 points lower at 5.34%. The ABS said the CPI was unchanged in the June quarter, although Westpac announced its leading index jumped to 5.6% in May. All Ordinaries 3060.7 +12.2 NASDAQ 1706.10 +24.69 Dow Jones 9158.45 +61.76 ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares and bonds both stronger

... economic data. The ABS reported the CPI was flat in the June quarter, with the annual rate of inflation falling to 2.7%. Westpac also announced its index of leading economic indicators jumped to 5.6% in May, foreshadowing a pick-up in domestic growth ...

ANZ arranges highest project finance for Australasia: Dealogic

... Dealogic. ANZ had arranged $382.5 million in project finance in the quarter, about 20 per cent of all finance arranged. Westpac was second with $320.4 million, whilst National Australia Bank was third with $241.7 million. Total project finance arranged ...

Australia's economic growth rate to pick up: Westpac

The latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity has predicted that Australia's economic growth rate is likely to pick up in the first half of 2004. The index shows the likely pace of economic activity for six to nine months ...