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Big four banks fail to dominate in business service survey

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2004
Only one of Australia's big four banks made the top five in a new survey ranking banks on their relationships with big business. And the bank with the best relationships with Australia's biggest companies is France's BNP Paribas, according the survey ...

Asia Pacific next private bank acquisition hotspot: KPMG

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
The Asia Pacific region is likely to be a hotspot for acquisitions by private banks in the next few years, according to accounting firm KPMG. KPMG said a global survey of 186 private banks and wealth management firms, published on Tuesday, found one-third ...

Adelaide Bank launches $800 mln Lo Doc securitisation issue

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2004
... record mortgage lending growth by Adelaide Bank nationally over the first 10 months of 2003/04, and reinforces Adelaide Banks continued commitment as a regular securitisation issuer since 1996, the bank said. Adelaide Bank chief general manager, operations ...

Junior mortgage broker asks ACCC to look at anti-comp behaviour

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2004
... mortgage broker on Friday called on the competition watchdog to investigate its claims of anti-competitive behaviour among banks and mortgage brokers. Refund Home Loans founder Wayne Ormond, whose company gives part of its commission back to borrowers ...

NAB to sell AXA commercial insurance products to UK customers

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
... National Australia Bank today said it will sell AXA commercial insurance products to customers of its three United Kingdom banks, under a new strategic alliance. From July, business customers of NAB's Clydesdale, Yorkshire and Northern Banks will be ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
... precious metals prices at the weekend should also propel resource stocks, which ended last week on a softer note. On Friday, banks helped lift the Australian share market to a higher close, as jitters about the middle east and soaring oil prices prompted ...

Aust banks reap $9 billion from fees

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2004
... Australian families are paying around $400 a year each in bank fees, a new study has shown. The Reserve Bank study showed banks reaped $8.7 billion from skyrocketing credit card fees and other charges. Bank fees paid by households rose 15% last year ...

AAP Market Wrap

... point premium to the underlying index - on volume of 2,345 contracts. Reynolds & Co client adviser Steven Negrine said the banks were "hammered" in early trades. "There's selling in the bank stocks like there's no tomorrow," he said. The ANZ fare the ...

ANZ receives RBNZ agreement for amalgamation of NBNZ

... staff have primary responsibility to the New Zealand managing director and board of the bank, Location and operation of the banks domestic systems in New Zealand and with the New Zealand board having the practical ability to control the management and ...

Competition leaving little room for bank fee hikes, says Westpac

Competitive intensity among banks was leaving little room for lifting bank fees, Westpac Banking Corp chief executive David Morgan said [on Sunday]. Mr Morgan said there were no plans in the pipeline for across the board hikes in fees, although a moratorium ...