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Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZBY/ANZBY.PK) Wrap Up:
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited provides a range of banking and financial products and services to retail, small business, corporate, and institutional clients primarily in Australia and New Zealand. The company?s retail products include housing finance to consumers for owner occupied and investment purposes; consumer credit cards, ePayment products, and personal loans; and transaction banking and saving products, such as term deposits and cash management accounts. It also offers motor vehicle and equipment finance, and investment products; regional commercial banking services to individuals, small business, and agribusiness customers in rural and regional Australia; and business banking services, including risk management. The company also engages in financial planning, margin lending, trustees, and online broking businesses. In addition, it offers various insurance products, such as home, landlord, car, health, travel, credit card, business, farm, and liability insurances. Further, the company provides working capital solutions, including lending and deposit products, cash transaction banking management, trade finance, international payments, securities lending, and clearing and custodian services; risk management services in relation to foreign exchange, interest rates, credit, and commodities, which include origination, underwriting, structuring and risk management services, and advice and sale of credit and derivative products; and financing and advisory services, structured financial products, leasing, private equity finance, project finance, leveraged finance, and infrastructure investment products. Additionally, it offers balance sheet management services to institutional and corporate customers. As of September 30, 2009, the company operated 1,352 branches worldwide. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited was founded in 1835 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.www.anz.com
36,094 Employees
Founded in 1835
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZBY:OTC)
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Market Cap
50.1B
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Total Revenue
10.9B
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EBITDA
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DILUTED EPS TTM
1.30
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P/E
18.3x
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P/S
4.9x
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Return On Asset
0.62
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Return On Equity
10.00
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ANZBY Top Compensated Officers
Mr. Michael Roger Pearson Smith O.B.E., B.Sc. (Hons.)
Chief Executive Officer, Member of Management...
Age: 52
Total Annual Compensation: A$5.4M
Mr. Peter R. Marriott (Mac q), Hon LLD (Monash)
Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary, M...
Total Annual Compensation: A$1.4M
Mr. David Cartwright
Co-Interim Chief Information Officer, Group M...
Total Annual Compensation: A$1.3M
Mr. Alex Thursby
Member of Management Board, Chief Executive O...
Age: 49
Total Annual Compensation: A$2.4M
Mr. Graham K. Hodges
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Member of Man...
Total Annual Compensation: A$1.5M
Executives, Board Directors
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2009.
Key developments for Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZBY)
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. Appoints Anne Weatherston as Chief Information Officer; Announces Restructuring
11/19/2009
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. announced the appointment of Anne Weatherston as Chief Information Officer reporting to Chief Executive Officer, Mike Smith. Ms. Weatherston will join ANZ from the Bank of Ireland where she has been Group Chief Information Officer for the past four years. In this role Ms Weatherston has led the definition and development of a new bank-wide enterprise architecture and the transformation of the Bank of Ireland's information technology structure and capability. Ms. Weatherston will join ANZ in early 2010 and will be one of 12 members of ANZ Management Board. David Cartwright will continue to report to the CEO and remain on Management Board. As a result of this change, next year ANZ's core support division, Operations, Technology and Shared Services will be split into two separate divisions.
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. - Shareholder/Analyst Call
11/17/2009
Annual General Meeting
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. Declares Dividend, Payable on December 15, 2009
11/16/2009
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. announced on 15 September 2009, the Dividend Rate for the Dividend Period ending on 14 December 2009 in respect of CPS1 is 4.1685% per annum, which equates to a Dividend amount of $1.0393 in respect of each CPS1. The Directors have resolved that, subject to no APRA Condition (as defined in the CPS1 Terms) existing in respect of the relevant Dividend Payment Date, this Dividend amount in respect of CPS1 will be fully franked and paid on 15 December 2009. This quarterly Dividend in respect of CPS1 will be paid to all CPS Holders registered on the Record Date of 30 November 2009 in accordance with the CPS1 Terms. The Company confirms the proposed dates for CPS1 in the fiscal 2010. These dates may be subject to change. If a decision is made to change any dates, the Australian Securities Exchange will be notified accordingly. On March 2010 quarterly CPS1 Dividend, record date is February 25, 2010 and payment date is March 15, 2010. On June 2010 quarterly CPS1 Dividend record date is May 28, 2010 and payment date is June 15, 2010. On September 2010 quarterly CPS1 Dividend record date is August 31, 2010 and payment date is September 15, 2010. On December 2010 quarterly CPS1 Dividend record date is November 30, 2010 and payment date is December 15, 2010.
ANZBY Competitors
| Company | Last | Change |
| Bank of Montreal | C$53.87 CAD | +0.39 |
| Commonwealth Bank of Australia | A$52.76 AUD | -0.32 |
| National Australia Bank | A$28.69 AUD | -0.23 |
| The Bank of Nova Scotia | C$48.73 CAD | -0.16 |
| Westpac Banking Corporation | A$24.20 AUD | -0.48 |
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Industry Analysis
| Valuation | ANZBY | Industry Range |
| Price/Earnings | 18.3x |
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| Price/Sales | 4.9x |
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| Price/Book | 1.8x |
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| Price/Cash Flow | 19.3x |
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| TEV/Sales | NM | Not Meaningful |
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ANZBY transactions
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Merger/Acquisition
November 20, 2009 |
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, ANZ Custodian Services Excluding Securities Lending Operation |
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Merger/Acquisition
September 25, 2009 |
51% Stake in ING (NZ) Holdings Ltd. & 51% Stake in ING Australia Pty Limited |
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Merger/Acquisition
August 4, 2009 |
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, Retail, Wealth and Commercial Businesses in Asia |
More Recent News About Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd
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Asian Shares Rise On Economic Data
Asian shares managed to keep the growing momentum on Friday as WHO's official announcement of a swine flu pandemic was overlooked by investors, who were more interested in the latest favorable economic data from the U.S. as well as China's rebound in industrial production in May.Stock markets in Asia mostly opened higher after U.S. authorities said overnight that retail sales in May rose for the first time in three months, and initial jobless claims declined last week to 601,000, the lowest level since January.The Nikkei 225 Average in Japan closed the morning session up nearly 1.0% at 10,076.28. The broarder Topix Index edged up 0.7% to 946.87.Green technologies concept stocks continued to be the hottest picks in Japan. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ( MHVYF - news - people Nikkei reported Friday that the company was close to securing a deal to construct the world's first large-scale coal gasification power plant in Queensland, Australia. Coal gasification technology generates electricity with far less carbon dioxide emissions than conventional power plants.NGK Insulators added 2.3% to 1,820 yen ($18.60) at noon after the firm announced the previous day that it had developed one of the world's most energy-efficient solid oxide fuel cells.Drug makers and flu-related stocks, however, lost ground on Friday even after the World Health Organization on Thursday lifted its pandemic alert to phase 6, the highest level. Chugai Pharmaceutical was down 0.9% to 1,726 yen ($17.65). Medical mask makers Daiwabo lost 1.3% to 298 yen ($3.05) while Shikibo descended 0.6% to 157 ye...Click here to read the whole Article (external link)
Asian Markets Hit New Highs
A string of good news from China heated up Asian markets, sending Hong Kong, Tokyo and Australian benchmarks to fresh new highs.Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed up 0.5% at 18,889.68, after hitting a nine-month intra-day high of 19,161.97. Chinese banking stocks jumped across the board after China’s central bank revealed Friday that the total amount of new loans doubled in May, soaring to 664.5 billion yuan ($97 billion) from 318.5 billion yuan a year earlier.The country's largest lender Industrial and Commercial Bank of China kited 2.4% to 5.22 Hong Kong dollars (67 cents). China Construction Bank ( CICHY - news - people ) added 2.8% to 5.61 Hong Kong dollars (72 cents) after the third-largest bank in China said it was interested in taking equity stakes in domestic insurer Happy Life Insurance Co and China Cinda Asset Management Corp.International banking giant HSBC also surged 3.5% to 69.85 Hong Kong dollars ($8.96) after being upgraded by Credit Suisse to 'outperform' from 'neutral,' saying the bank is less vulnerable to margin pressure in the medium term.The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 1.9% to 2,743.76, even though the State Statistics Bureau on Friday said that China's industrial output expanded 8.9 % in May from a year earlier, after gaining 7.3% on a yearly basis in April. Chinese investors worried that Beijing would soon lift its ban on new listings, which would distract capital to new issuers.Major Asian share markets managed to keep the growing momentum on Friday as WHO's official announcement of a swine flu pandemic was overlooked by in...Click here to read the whole Article (external link)
Asia Stocks Slip On Renewed Bank Fears
Asian markets followed New York stocks lower Tuesday, with investors taking profits from the recent rally as worries flared anew over the health of U.S. banks. The Australian government shocked the telecom sector, saying it will set up a public-private company to build a national broadband network after deciding that none of the private bidders for the project were up to snuff. The Reserve Bank of Australia also surprised some market participants by reducing its key lending rate by 25 basis points, saying that the impact of global stimulus efforts were not yet discernable.Japanese financial and technology stocks were under pressure after bank shares got hit in the U.S. on Monday and ( IBM - news - people ) withdrew its offer for ( JAVA - news - people ).Worries that investors had gotten overly bullish on banks were fueled by a report that new forecasts from the International Monetary Fund IMF are set to suggest that toxic debts racked up by banks and insurers could spiral to $4 trillion. ( ...Click here to read the whole Article (external link)
Asia Gets A China Rocket Boost; Australia Sputters
Asian indexes advanced by widely varying degrees Wednesday, with the Shanghai Composite Index surging more than 6% on reports that the government is planning to announce an extended stimulus package. However, Australia’s unexpected decline in the fourth-quarter gross domestic product depressed shares in Sydney. Shanghai and Hong Kong shares surged after a senior Chinese official said the government would increase spending in such areas as infrastructure and manufacturing above and beyond the 4 trillion yuan ($584.1 billion) stimulus package that it unveiled in November, according to Thomson Reuters. Premier Wen Jiabao may provide details in a speech Thursday at the opening session of the National People's Congress, the country's legislature. Chinese stocks were also helped by the release of the Purchasing Managers' Index for February, which showed that manufacturing activity increased for a third straight month. The Shanghai benchmark rallied by 126.68, or in excess of 6.1%, to close at 2,198.11 points on Wednesday, just off the day's high of 2,201.73. In Hong Kong, the China Enterprises index was up by 5.0%, to 6,948.37, while the blue chip Hang Seng index rose by 2.5% to 12,331.15. (other-otc: SCBFF - news - people ) spiked by 5.60 Hong Kong dollars (723 cents), or 8.3%, to 73.35 Hong Kong dollars ($9.40), after the emerging-markets-focused bank reported a strong outlook and profit growth in 2008. (See "Standard Chartered's Steady Course.") ...Click here to read the whole Article (external link)
As RBS Bows Out In Asia, ANZ Looks To Step In
Royal Bank of Scotland's record-breaking annual loss gave Australia and New Zealand Banking Group an easy opportunity to expand into other Asian markets. (other-otc: ANZBY - news - people ) Chief Executive Officer Michael Smith on Monday dangled a hint that the bank might be interested in acquiring (nyse: RBS - news - people )’s Asian businesses, although it was too soon make any definitive statement before seeing details. “Obviously we do want to grow our business in Asia, so if there is the right opportunity, we will look at it," Smith told Reuters on the sidelines of a conference in Sydney. News spread over the weekend that ANZ had hired (nyse: CS - news - people ) to advise on a potential $2 billion bid for RBS's Asian operations, including branch networks in India, China, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Singapore and Indonesia, which were originally assets of ABN Amro. RBS led a consorti...Click here to read the whole Article (external link)
As RBS Bows Out In Asia, ANZ Looks To Step In
Royal Bank of Scotland's record-breaking annual loss gave Australia and New Zealand Banking Group an easy opportunity to expand into other Asian markets. (other-otc: ANZBY - news - people ) Chief Executive Officer Michael Smith on Monday dangled a hint that the bank might be interested in acquiring (nyse: RBS - news - people )’s Asian businesses, although it was too soon make any definitive statement before seeing details. “Obviously we do want to grow our business in Asia, so if there is the right opportunity, we will look at it," Smith told Reuters on the sidelines of a conference in Sydney. News spread over the weekend that ANZ had hired (nyse: CS - news - people ) to advise on a potential $2 billion bid for RBS's Asian operations, including branch networks in India, China, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Singapore and Indonesia, which were originally assets of ABN Amro. RBS led a consorti...Click here to read the whole Article (external link)
Stull, Stull & Brody Files Class Action on Behalf of Investors of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited -- ANZBY
NEW YORK, NY--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 21, 2009 -- The law firm of Stull, Stull & Brody announces that it filed a class action lawsuit on December 29, 2008 on behalf of purchasers of the American Depositary Receipts of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ("ANZ" or the "Company") (Other OTC:ANZBY.PK - News) during the period March 2, 2007 through July 27, 2008 (the "Class Period"). The action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Case No. 08-CV-11278. The complaint alleges that the Company and its top executives violated the federal securities laws. The complaint charges that ANZ failed to adequately disclose the range of risks arising from its loans to Opes Prime Group Limited, an Australian stock brokerage firm that lent money to customers on margin. ANZ had lent hundreds of millions of dollars to this failed brokerage house, but without adequate disclosure of the risks the loans posed to ANZ. The day before the Company announced its losses stemming from exposure to Opes Prime, its stock (ADRs) closed at a high of $17.24. The following day, after ANZ's announcement, ANZ's stock price dropped to $14.57. ANZ's stock is currently trading at $9.90.If you bought the ADRs of ANZ from March 2, 2007 through July 27, 2008, you may apply to the Court to serve as lead plaintiff in the action no later than February 27, 2009. A lead plaintiff is a representative party that acts on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. In order to be appointed lead plaintif...Click here to read the whole Article (external link)
Brower Piven Encourages Investors Who Have Losses in Excess of $150,000 From Investment in Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited to Inquire About the Lead Plaintiff Position in Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuit Before the Febr
BALTIMORE, MD--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 16, 2009 -- Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of the American Depositary Receipts of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ("ANZ" or the "Company") (Other OTC:ANZBY.PK - News) during the period between March 2, 2007 and July 27, 2008, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The complaint accuses the defendants of violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by virtue of the Company's failure to disclose during the Class Period the extent of the risks arising from its loans to Opes Prime Group Limited, an Australian stock brokerage firm that lent money to customers on margin. According to the complaint, after the Company revealed losses stemming from the previously undisclosed risk, the value of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ADRs declined significantly.No class has yet been certified in the above action. Members of the Class will be represented by the lead plaintiff and counsel chosen by the lead plaintiff. If you wish to choose counsel to represent you and the Class, you must apply to be appointed lead plaintiff no later than February 27, 2009 and be selected by the Court. The lead plaintiff will direct the litigation and participate in important decisions including whether to accept a settlement and how much of a settlement to accept for the Class in the action. The lead plaintiff will be selected from a...Click here to read the whole Article (external link)
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