Financial24 (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
SYDNEY, Aug 11 - Westpac Banking Corp, Australia's second-largest lender, is considering selling a five-year Australian dollar-denominated bond at around 110 basis points over swap, a source who had seen the terms said on Tuesday . The issue, ...
Financial24 (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
Citigroup Inc (C:NYSE). raised its ratings on Australia's four largest banks to buy from hold, citing positive data and increasing risk to the upside. National Australia Bank Ltd., Westpac Banking Corp., Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd ...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
David Hunkar submits: The following are the 25 most profitable banks in the world based on their 2008 earnings as per The Banker magazine: Rank Bank Country Ticker 1 ICBC China 2 China Construction Bank Corp China 3 Santander Central Hispano Spain STD 4 Bank of China China 5 BBVA Spain BBV 6 HSBC Holdings UK HBC 7 Barclays Bank UK BCS 8 Agricultural Bank of China China 9 UniCredit Italy 10 Royal Bank...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 05/06/2009
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Westpac Banking Corp. said net income for the six months ended March 31 came in at A$2.175 billion, down slightly from a year earlier, when the Australian bank made A$2.202 billion. Revenue climbed to A$8.09 billion, versus A$5.9 billion a year ago. Charges for bad debts rose to A$1.56 billion from A$433 million a year earlier, the lender noted. The results include St....
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 03/02/2009
Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has downgraded to negative the ratings outlook for ANZ Banking Group, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac Banking Corporation because of the potential impact of the economic downturn. That...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 02/26/2009
SYDNEY, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Westpac Banking Corp increased a Tier 1 capital issue to A$700 million ($454 million) from A$500 million, Australia's No. 2 lender said in announcing the results of a bookbuild on Thursday.
Financial24 (Free subscription) | 02/26/2009
updated 07:34:46 Westpac Banking Corp has sold A$1.925 billion ($1.25 billion) of five-year notes backed by the Australian government, at 70 basis points over swap and BBSW, it said on Thursday. The read more .....
Financial24 (Free subscription) | 02/20/2009
updated 04:49:47 Westpac Banking Corp, Australias No. 2 lender, has launched a Tier 1 capital issue of around A$500 million ($323 million) to replace a maturing hybrid issue and boost its balance she read more .....
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 02/20/2009
SYDNEY, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Westpac Banking Corp , Australia's No. 2 lender, has launched a Tier 1 capital issue of around A$500 million ($323 million) to replace a maturing hybrid issue and boost its balance sheet, it said on Friday.
Financial24 (Free subscription) | 02/19/2009
updated 09:33:18 Australian shares rose 1.1 percent on Thursday, led by bank stocks such as Westpac Banking Corp as investors bet their limited exposure to overseas markets would shield them from the read more .....
Financial24 (Free subscription) | 02/19/2009
updated 03:32:49 Australian shares rose 1.3 percent on Thursday as investors bought bank stocks such as Westpac Banking Corp in a vote of confidence that Australian banks can survive the global finan read more .....
Financial24 (Free subscription) | 02/18/2009
updated 19:46:52 Westpac Banking Corp: * Files up to $6 billion debt shelf - SEC filing ((Bangalore Equities Newsroom; +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780)) read more .....
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