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Report calls for tougher limits on RBA board members

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2004
... called for mortgage brokers and providers of low-documentary loans to come under the same regulatory umbrella as the big banks, and for a new tool to measure house prices. Earlier this year, Reserve Bank governor Ian Macfarlane blocked board member Warwick ...

US lifts key interest rate

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2004
... panel that sets interest rates, boosted the target for the federal funds rate to 1.5%. The funds rate, the interest that banks charge each, had been at a 46-year low of 1% just six weeks ago when the Fed raised it to 1.25%, the first increase in four ...

Speculation NAB could sell Irish banks after board meeting

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2004
... will hear from the head of NAB\'s United Kingdom operations Ross Pinney which has sparked speculation that its two Irish banks - Northern Bank and National Irish Bank might be sold. Aspect Huntley research director Peter Warnes said NAB looks like it ...

Fatter profits at European banks could feed takeover ambitions

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2004
European banks posting strong half-year results on the back of an economic rebound could begin looking for acquisitions even though fiscal and regulatory disparities would hamper cross-border mergers. British, French and Spanish banks in particular ...

Embezzlement more common but scams hurt most; report

... including financial planning and stockbroking firms and product providers ranging from fund managers, platform providers and banks collectively responsible for more than 7000 authorised representatives. According to the report, while ASIC data suggests ...

Elders Rural Bank posts fifth straight annual profit rise

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2004
... the same period a year earlier. Gross loans at the end of the year totalled $1.86 billion, a 27% increase on FY2003. \"The banks strong results in 2004 can largely be attributed to the outstanding support and acceptance that Elders Rural Bank has received ...

Bendigo's Community Bank passes $5 bln total business milestone

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
... Alliance Banking Russell Jenkins said the support from the public was a ringing endorsement of Community Banking. \"Community Banks are doing much, much more than simply replacing bank branches that closed - they are providing significant economic and ...

HBOS CEO damps hopes of UK bid for Abbey

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
... unlikely after the No.2 British mortgage lender agreed to be bought by Spain\'s Santander Central Hispano on Monday. \"(UK banks) will look at the competition analysis and come to the same inevitable conclusion -- that there are big difficulties,\" Crosby ...

NAB's Irish woes could mean a further downgrade, says analyst

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2004
National Australia Bank\'s problems with one of its Irish banks could further impact the group\'s full year earnings, a banking analyst said on Tuesday. National Irish Bank (NIB), one of NAB\'s United Kingdom businesses, could be slugged with a $210 ...

NAB's former UK target Abbey National faces new takeover

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
... (BSCH). The interest in Abbey was revealed by last Friday\'s sharp rise in the bank\'s share price. UK analysts said smaller banks such as Alliance & Leicester, Bradford and Bingley and Northern Rock could be in the sights of predators as rationalisation ...