Administrators appointed to Pisces 04 June 2009 4:44PM Pisces Group, a provider of mortgage comparison and lodgement software to mortgage brokers, appointed Robert Moodie of Rodgers Reidy Chartered Accountants as administrator on Monday. read more
Bendigo cherry picks Customer ATMs 04 June 2009 4:43PM Bendigo and Adelaide Bank will select 500 or so of the existing automatic teller machine fleet of its associate Customers Limited and apply the bank's branding. Customers disclosed the plan in an anno.. read more
Australian Central and Wide Bay secure AOFM backing 03 June 2009 4:34PM One credit union and one building society have attracted support from the Australian Office of Financial Management in the latest round of funding from the government for home loan providers. read more
Rising impairments at Bendigo a matter of definition 02 June 2009 4:06PM Banks may be taking their time adjusting to the classification of loans required to meet the requirements of reporting to the market, and APRA, under the new quarterly disclosure regime. read more
Plenty of capital on offer for ANZ 28 May 2009 4:41PM The lack of a definite, and priced, target in Asia for ANZ to buy did not stand in the way of the bank drumming up ample demand from institutional investors for the sale of $2.5 billion in new shares.. read more
RBS loans a turn off for StanChart and maybe HSBC 28 May 2009 4:41PM Whether ANZ is the only serious bidder left for the unwanted Asian banking assets of Royal Bank of Scotland is hard to work out. A range of international media reports over the last 12 hours is split.. read more
Skilton flays at wrong targets 28 May 2009 4:39PM Some direct, but nevertheless misdirected, criticism by Suncorp's acting CEO Chris Skilton at an investor briefing yesterday highlights the weakness in the positioning of his, and other, regional bank.. read more
Bendigo clarifies exposure to the MIS mess 27 May 2009 4:41PM Bendigo and Adelaide Bank yesterday clarified the extent of its loans to investors in tax-driven investment in the timber plantations of Great Southern Limited, which fell into administration two week.. read more
Property and manufacturing producing bad loans for ANZ 27 May 2009 4:40PM The rise in past due loans at ANZ is concentrated in personal lending, and presumably in the credit card book, the bank's "pillar 3" disclosures for the March 2009 quarter show. read more
St George loses tax appeal 27 May 2009 4:39PM St George Bank on Monday lost an appeal in the Federal Court over a six year old wrangle over the deductibility of distributions on "depositary capital securities" sold by the bank to offshore investo.. read more