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House price declines now the major risk to growth: RBA

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) appears to have shifted back to a neutral bias for monetary policy, following the release today of the bank's quarterly Statement on Monetary policy. The two risks that prompted the board to adopt an easing bias in ...

Property investment loans rise again in June: ABS

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said today the argument to cut interest rates had weakened over the last three months, as official figures confirmed the property investment boom showed no signs of slowing. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Bendigo Bank reports 20% rise in net profit

Bendigo Bank Ltd today said it expects further improvements from all major activities this year after reporting a 20 per cent rise in net profit for 2002/03. The bank posted net profit of $59.004 million for the year ending 30 June 2003, up from $48.8 ...

Macquarie shares jump to 12-month high

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2003
Macquarie Bank Ltd shares jumped to a 12-month intraday high today, after the bank said profits for the first quarter and first half of 2003-04 were tracking ahead of the previous year. "We have started the year well and expect both the first half and ...

House lending remains strong: RBA

Total credit advanced to the private sector rose by 1.3% in June, the Reserve bank of Australia (RBA) announced today. The Bank also said the level of credit was 12.7% above the corresponding month of 2002. In a development which further undermines ...

CBA to conduct US roadshow to evaluate hybrid security interest

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2003
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) announced today it would conduct a roadshow in the US this week to evaluate institutional investor interest in a possible US dollar tier one-hybrid security issue. The bank said the timing of the roadshow had ...

Job ads rise in June: ANZ

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2003
The number of job advertisements in major metropolitan newspapers rose by 2.6 per cent (seasonally adjusted) in June, the latest ANZ job ads survey has revealed. June's rise follows an 8.1% rise in May and a 12.1% fall in April. The Bank said this was ...

Westpac warns customers against hoax site

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2003
Similar to the ANZ announcement earlier today, Westpac Banking Corporation has advised customers to ignore emails requesting confidential information following the detection of a 'ghost' Internet Banking site located in the US. Some Westpac customers ...

Macquarie to collect $66 million performance fee

Macquarie Bank is due a $65.68 million performance fee from Macquarie Infrastructure Group (MIG), the Bank has announced. The fee is payable to MIG's management companies, both of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of Macquarie Bank. Stephen Allen ...

Adelaide Bank expresses concern at APRA policy paper

Adelaide Bank has expressed concern at an alleged policy discussion paper that may be released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in the near future; which deals with proposed changes to the capital treatment of capitalised costs. ...