Country: Australia

Home lending on the move for Adelaide bank

(3 February 2004 – Australia) Adelaide Bank has posted a 29 percent net profit for the six months to December...

Arab Bank shores up Australian operation with funding program

(3 February 2004 – Australia) Arab Bank Australia has signed a $A200 million combined Electronic Certificate of Deposit (ECD), Transferable...

Investment

ANZ, NAB, SG Australia, Westpac

Australia

More IT expertise at ANZ

(3 February 2004 – Australia) Just months after replacing its chief information officer, ANZ has appointed international technology expert Greg...

Executive Changes

ANZ

Australia

Executive Interview – Jean-Francois Varlet – Managing Director, BNP Paribas

(27 January 2004 – Australia) French bank BNP Paribas has had a presence in Australia for more than a century,...

Executive Interview, Operations, Research

BNP Paribas

Australia

NAB confirms $360 million FX loss

(27 January 2004 – Australia) National Australia Bank has put the amount lost from rogue currency trades at $360 million.”The...

Foreign Exchange, Operations

NAB

Australia

NAB FX losses could reach $600 million

(20 January 2004 – Australia) National Australia Bank has admitted initial investigations into the bank’s unauthorised foreign currency trading have...

Foreign Exchange, Operations

NAB

Australia

New boss at BNP Paribas’ local Custody Services division

(20 January 2004 – Australia) BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Peter Snodgrass as head of the bank’s Custody Services...

Executive Changes

BNP Paribas

Australia

Elders makes hay from end of drought

(15th January 2004 – Australia) Elders Rural Bank is set to report a strong half year result off the back...

Financial Results

Elders Rural Bank

Australia

Brokers squeeze banks on business lending

(13th January 2004 – Australia) Australia’s mid-corporate business sector (A$20-100 million turnover) is increasingly looking to third party business brokers...

Research

East & Partners

Australia