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TD hybrids come to market 
Increased investor demand for high-yield savings accounts, term deposits and other cash-based products has prompted deposit-takers to start innovating in a market that has long had a staid image.
Investec has launched a savings account called the 32 Day Notice Account, which has elements of an ... More
Published on Thursday, 4 August, 2011
Analysts find good news in second tier
The Big Four banks’ share prices have been underperforming the overall Australian equity market for the past few months and are likely to continue to do so as the US debt crisis plays out. In the meantime, analysts have turned their attention to other financial news in recent ... More
Published on Tuesday, 2 August, 2011
‘Break up’ immaterial to NAB’s retail gains
The monthly banking statistics for June 2011 from APRA provide an opportunity for an overview of the relative gains made by National Australia Bank since the relaunch of its paid advertising in mid-February with its “break up” campaign. The campaign also generated an above-average amount of free ... More
Published on Monday, 1 August, 2011
Macquarie finds cost savings in classic banking
Macquarie Group yesterday provided an update on its earnings outlook for the year to March 2012 that analysts interpreted as being an "operational downgrade".
The group told shareholders yesterday, at its annual meeting, that it "continued to expect an improved result" in the 2012 year, over ... More
RBA’s Stevens: no return to boom years
RBA governor Glenn Stevens has again warned that income, consumption and savings will not return to the pattern of the boom years of 1996 to 2006.
In his traditional yearly speech to the Anika Foundation in Sydney yesterday, Stevens gave the RBA’s most detailed explanation yet for the “cautious ... More
Published on Wednesday, 27 July, 2011
AMP not serious about banking
AMP has welched on its commitment to use its merger with Axa to develop a banking business. Yesterday the wealth management company announced its post-merger business structure and leadership team.
Banking has been tossed into the wealth management product division, although this is consistent ... More
Published on Friday, 22 July, 2011
Solid half for The Rock
Profits and business volumes at The Rock Building Society are improving for the first time in several years. Yesterday, the Rockhampton-based entity said it expects to report a “normalised underlying profit” for the year to June 2011 of A$5.2 million – up from $4.7 million in 2010. The headline ... More
Published on Monday, 11 July, 2011
