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Australian banking major ANZ has reported a rise in first half profits rise of 10 per cent to $2.92 billion, however the lender warned that margins on its domestic Australian business are shrinking. According to ANZ, net profit for the half year ending March 31st rose from $2.66 billion in the same time period during [...]

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After announcing a $305 million restructuring of its UK operations and job cuts numbering 1,400, Australian banking major NAB has seen its share price fall. The lender recently announced a loss on its UK business for the half year ending March 31st resulted in a 15.6 drop in its own half yearly profit, which came [...]

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A mortgage broker in Western Australia has been found guilty of bilking as much as $1.2 million from seven borrowers and using the cash to pay his credit card bills and other debts. According to news paper reports, Max Booty was charged with eight counts of stealing and an additional eight counts of fraud and stood trial for a Ponzi scheme which he ran between August 2007 to March 2009. The jury took three hours to deliberate and found him guilty of all charges.

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Australian banking major ANZ has defended its policy on interests in a letter addressed to The Age from its Australian operations chief Phil Chronican who argues that the cost of funding has increased substantially, and provided data to support his claim.

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Nicholas Moore, chief executive of Macquarie has added his voice to growing calls made by leaders of industry for interest rates to be cut next week as a means by which confidence in the country would be boosted by helping export based industries who are currently suffering from the high value of the Australian dollar.

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