Westpac cuts fixed loan interest rates
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012Bank reports intense competition in fixed rate market. 15 May 2012 5:04 PM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator
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Bank reports intense competition in fixed rate market. 15 May 2012 5:04 PM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator
CLIMATE SPECTATOR: Why business was the budget’s biggest loser
Sunday, May 13th, 2012With the big business lobby supporting Abbott's cost-of-living scare campaign over the carbon price, it's little wonder the government deserted corporates in the budget to provide hand-outs to the 'battlers'. 11 May 2012 6:20 PM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator
Bulked up banks ready for a second storm
Thursday, May 10th, 2012While European banks remain strapped to a sovereign-debt tightrope, Australia and America's institutions can rest assured that they are much better capitalised than they were when Lehman Brothers fell. 8 May 2012 12:39 PM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator
Westpac cuts key lending rates
Monday, May 7th, 2012Bank follows rivals in partially passing on interest rate cut; drops home loan, business rates. 4 May 2012 10:14 AM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator
Labor must help lower funding costs: Westpac’s Kelly
Friday, May 4th, 2012Lower funding costs would result in deeper rate cuts: Kelly. 3 May 2012 4:18 PM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator
Westpac’s next CEO Hartzer times it right
Friday, May 4th, 2012Brian Hartzer, the American tipped to replace chief executive Gail Kelly, joins Westpac at the perfect time – and he has foregone at least $1 million to do so. 4 May 2012 6:43 AM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator
Will markets swallow Westpac’s formula?
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012Investors will be sceptical that Westpac's new growth strategy, expected to be announced with its results, can deliver without increasing costs. But the bank is pinning great hopes on Brian Hartzer. 30 Apr 2012 8:12 AM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator
THE DISTILLERY: Capital clash
Saturday, April 28th, 2012Jotters jostle over the ASX's proposed easing of capital raising rules, while one says the RBA is copping too much flak. 27 Apr 2012 6:30 AM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator
THE DISTILLERY: ASX conflict
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012One jotter says the ASX has gone too far in its latest rule proposals, while another looks at how the banks will try to lift revenue in a tight market. 23 Apr 2012 6:59 AM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator
BREAKFAST DEALS: Pricey Primus
Sunday, April 22nd, 2012M2 Telecom secures Primus in more NBN-inspired consolidation, while a mystery shareholder holds up Flinders Mines' Russian deal. 17 Apr 2012 7:29 AM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator