ASX Announcements
Notification of Results/Reporting Date, Company Administration - Other
- Jun 21, 2024
- 1 page
Update - Dividend/Distribution - ANZ
Dividend Record Date, Dividend Pay Date, Dividend Rate, Dividend Reinvestment Plan
- Jun 7, 2024
- 7 pages
Today
The ‘utterly shocking’ moment that made Westpac leader want to flee
Siobhan Toohill, the winner of the Financial Services - Banking category, faces a new frontier after 10 years leading Westpac’s sustainability efforts, including convincing the board to ditch new oil and gas projects.
- 1 hr ago
- Ayesha de Kretser
Yesterday
- Exclusive
- Cash
Armaguard secures deal with banks, supermarkets to save cash
Months after a bailout collapsed, the eight largest customers of Linfox’s Armaguard have agreed to a $50 million injection to keep cash circulating.
- James Eyers
This Month
Global ambitions a dangerous trap for overzealous local giants
“An organic approach to world domination is a better way to do it,” says Allan Gray’s Simon Mawhinney. A string of failures shows he’s on the money.
- Jemima Whyte
The Jarden verdict on CBA’s digital home loan
The new mortgage product is not a credible threat yet to mortgage brokers, analysts say.
- Lucas Baird
- Exclusive
- BOSS
Tax cuts will prolong rate pain: directors
Economic uncertainty and the energy transition are among the top issues being debated in our biggest boardrooms.
- Patrick Durkin and Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Banking products
Small bank targets a niche product the big four have long neglected
Enthusiasm about the challenge from neobanks to the banking sector has come and gone, along with several start-ups. But Avenue Bank has its own plans.
- Jennifer Hewett
ANZ’s openly gay chairman warns on ASX’s sexuality disclosure
Asking boards to disclose the sexuality, age and ethnicity of directors risks encroaching on their privacy and could make them a target for activists, leading directors warn.
- Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
NAB clarifies crypto strategy with investment in Zodia Custody
NAB Ventures joins Standard Chartered and Northern Trust on the register of London-based Zodia, revealing NAB’s crypto play may involve custody services.
- James Eyers
Australia Post warns ‘clock is ticking’ on its regional bank services
The government-owned postal service says it wants to strike new, more expensive deals with lenders to prevent Bank@Post falling into financial loss.
- James Eyers
China output growth slows, but consumers provide bright spot
Retail sales, a key metric of consumer spending, rose in May, but industrial production lagged, in mixed data for the world’s second-largest economy.
- Jessica Sier
NAB kills its stablecoin, bankers decamp to form Ubiquity
The bank canned its digital Australian dollar, known as the AUDN, so Rob Waugh and Drew Bradford left to set up their own product, to be called Ubiquity.
- James Eyers
Finance sector union not opposed to ANZ’s $4.9b Suncorp bank buy
The federal treasurer, a Queenslander with close ties to the state government, has been considering the takeover of the Brisbane-based bank since April.
- Updated
- Lucas Baird and John Kehoe
Westpac to follow CBA by dumping Hayne-era bonus caps for bankers
Westpac chief executive Peter King said he was “considering our approach to ensure we remain competitive and keep the best bankers”.
- Lucas Baird and James Eyers
‘Pretty surreal’: Transurban chief remembers ‘sexism’ storm
Michelle Jablko’s appointment as ANZ CFO in 2016 was initially lauded, but then the bank’s reaction to criticism of her became the story.
- Lucas Baird
China’s mild inflation fails to quell fears over weak demand
May inflation figures point to a mixed picture for the economy as domestic consumption picks up slightly.
- Zhu Lin
Need to own a bank stock? Citi says ignore CBA at your peril
While Commonwealth Bank is the least preferred major bank stock among brokers because of its lofty price tag, Citi believes Australia’s largest lender will continue to outperform its peers.
- Alex Gluyas
Apple to drive iPhone users towards buy now, pay later loans
The global technology giant will upgrade Apple Pay to bring buy now, pay later-style payment options to the point of sale. ANZ is the first major bank to join up.
- James Eyers
- Exclusive
- Investment banking
ANZ’s suspected market manipulation could have cost taxpayers $80m
As part of its investigation, regulators have interviewed executives and traders about unusually large profits from a $14 billion transaction in April last year.
- Aaron Patrick and Jonathan Shapiro
- Opinion
- Investigation
ANZ has a lot at stake as ASIC crawls over its bond trading activities
The rumblings in the market are that the investigation is making those on all levels of the bank uneasy. If it isn’t, it really should be.
- Jonathan Shapiro
Households cut into mortgage repayments as family budgets tighten
Existing mortgages are blowing out amid broader pressure on household spending and little indication that the Reserve Bank will lower rates.
- Lucas Baird
