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Aust banks amongst Asia Pacific region's top lenders

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2004
Australian banks were among the top 10 lending institutions for project finance in Asia Pacific for the first six months of 2004 with much of the activity concentrated in Australia. Total loans for project finance for the period amounted to $US13 billion ...

Bank stocks plunge after US rate rise

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2004
Bank stocks plunged yesterday after a rate rise in the United States stoked fears the same could follow here and curb the sector's growth. The previous night the US Federal Reserve lifted official interest rates by a quarter percent, the first increase ...

ANZ appoints Rinker chairman Morschel to board

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
ANZ Banking Group today said it has appointed Rinker Group chairman John Morschel to its board, effective from 1 October. Mr Morschel is also a director at global mining giant Rio Tinto, Optus owner Singapore Telecommunications and defence technology ...

ANZ receives RBNZ agreement for amalgamation of NBNZ

ANZ Bank today announced it had received written advice from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand confirming its forthcoming consent for legal amalgamation of ANZ New Zealand and The National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ). The Reserve Bank of New Zealands formal ...

ANZ posts record $1.4 billion first half profit

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2004
ANZ Banking Group Ltd today posted a record first half net profit of $1.396 billion and said the integration of the National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ) was on track. The result for the six months to March 31, 2004 was a 22 per cent increase over the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2004
Australian stocks look set to soften after falls in Wall Street overnight. The Australian share market yesterday closed slightly lower in lacklustre trading with the Anzac Day holiday in most states making for subdued activity. The benchmark S&P/ASX ...

ANZ heading for another interim record profit

ANZ Banking Group is heading for a half year earnings record when it reports its results next week with analysts expecting the bank to deliver double digit cash earnings per share growth. The bank is in the throes of integrating its $5.4 billion National ...

Aspen and Financial Resources launch fixed interest fund

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2004
Listed property entity Aspen Group and commercial finance company Financial Resources have joined to launch a fixed interest style fund offering investors high yielding debt securities. The new company, Aspen Financial Resources Ltd (AFRL), will focus ...

ANZ establishes mortgage franchises

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2004
ANZ Banking Group said today it will establish 15 mortgage franchises in Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland by July with the goal of rolling out 175 nationally. The bank said former Mortgage Choice executive Steven Heavey has been appointed head of ANZ ...

ANZ appoints new institutional financial services head

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2004
ANZ Banking Group Ltd has announced the appointment of Steve Targett as group managing director of Institutional Financial Services. In his new role, Mr Targett will be responsible for ANZ\'s institutional financial services segment, reporting directly ...