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CBA will live with tighter margins

Commonwealth Bank will wear the squeeze on its interest margins from more expensive term funding, the bank's chief executive told an investor briefing last week. CBA released its third-quarter trading update on Thursday. It said unaudited cash earnings for the quarter were A$1.75 billion.The bank ... More
By Ian Rogers Published on Monday, 21 May, 2012 Filed under CBA, results

Banks fail to meet new profit reporting rules

The major banks have failed to meet their obligations for reporting non-statutory earnings figures in the half-year results presentations they have issued over the past few weeks. In December, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission issued updated guidance (RG 230) for the use of ... More
By John Kavanagh Published on Monday, 21 May, 2012 Filed under ANZ, Westpac, NAB, investor returns, shareholder oversight

'Volatile' markets income worries analysts

Sell-side banking analysts are not convinced about the big banks' reliance on income from volatile markets business and the latter's ability to produce income growth in the March half-year. UBS analyst Jonathon Mott said in his commentary on the big banks' first half results: "We had concerns ... More
By John Kavanagh Published on Monday, 21 May, 2012 Filed under analysts, ANZ, Westpac, CBA, NAB

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