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NAB Wealth profits stable

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
National Australia Bank (NAB) has reported a 1.5% decrease in cash earnings for its wealth division, following a fall in insurance earnings. Earnings in the wealth business stood at $256 million for the half-year to March 2013, down from $260 million ...

BT Financial boosts Westpac result

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
BT Financial Group's solid contribution has helped Westpac record a 10% rise in increase in cash earnings for the half-year. In an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) the bank said the wealth arm had benefited from strong flows ...

International investment division behind BTIM success

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... performance across the business. Chief executive Emilio Gonzalez described the result as 'exceptional' and remarked how cash earnings per share signaled a return to pre-global financial crisis (GFC) levels. "The numbers reflect booming markets but I ...

ANZ reports 6.2% cash profit rise

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... unaudited cash profit of $1.45 billion for the three months to December 31, while Commonwealth Bank said first-half cash earnings rose 6% to $3.78 billion.

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... National Australia Bank shares rose after it reported its first-quarter profit had fallen 20 per cent but its unaudited cash earnings in the three months to December were up. The bank said cash earnings had risen to about $1.45 billion, compared to $1.4 ...

Reliance on improving global economy threatens big-four in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... following the re-election of US President Barrack Obama yesterday, says Ernst & Young's Paul Siviour. Despite combined cash earnings of more than $25 billion underlying the healthy state of the big-four banks, Siviour remains wary of an over-reliance ...

Big four prepare market for annus horribilis 2013

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Australia's big four banks have posted combined cash earnings of more than $25 billion, but bank chiefs, analysts and investors alike have focused on concerns about the sustainability of returns in a tough environment. Westpac rounded off the reporting ...

Westpac calm in face of storm

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... division contributing to earnings growth. Stressed assets have also fallen to 2.17% of the bank's book from 2.26%, cash earnings are up 14% on the year before, lending is up 4% and efficiency savings of $238 million suggest the bank is in better organisational ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... cent from the prior corresponding period, due to the tax implications of its takeover of smaller rival St George. Cash earnings - banks' preferred measure of financial performance - rose five per cent to $6.6 billion, Westpac said, which was above market ...

Results show strong momentum: BT Financial Group

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Insurance sales and adviser growth show strong business momentum, despite cash earnings being down on last year, said Westpac-owned BT Financial Group. Life insurance sales were up 30%, compared with 14% for the market in 2012, it said after announcing ...