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Liberty Financial produced credible earnings and asset growth over the year to June 2015, a result bound to add to conjecture over its prospects as a trade sale or ASX float candidate. read more

The Asian angle in understanding ANZ is probably more complex and underwhelming at the end of Mike Smith's eight-year stint as CEO than he thought it might be at the outset. read more

A slump in the business lending margin and a concession that the group was willing to write new loans at less than the cost of capital provided a focus for the full year results briefing for National.. read more

Will ANZ today revive its 2008 takeover bid for NAB? read more

National Australia Bank provided an outline of the planned demerger of Clydesdale Bank from the group yesterday. NAB will distribute approximately 75 per cent of its UK banking arm to NAB shareholders.. read more

The decline in global energy prices may prove a challenge to the credit quality and credit rating of Papua New Guinea's Bank of South Pacific. Standard & Poor's yesterday said it revised its long-.. read more

National Australia Bank may announce the sale of its life insurance unit to Japan's Nippon Life Insurance Company, Reuters and other media report. read more

Young women on low incomes give their banks the highest satisfaction scores, according to a new survey. read more

More than one fifth of staff in the finance sector work more than 50 hours a week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics found in a new report on "Characteristics of Employment." read more

The tension between banks and the political class took a tired old turn yesterday, with a tyro Treasurer questioning recent rate rises for borrowers and whining about the level of bank profits. read more