Westpac 'comfortable' with mortgage rates
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Andrea Cornish
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24/08/2010 5:50:00 AM
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Despite a sliding net interest margin, Wespac says it has no plans to hike mortgage rates out of step with the Reserve Bank of Australia.
According to the Daily Telegraph, while the bank’s net interest margin fell in the three months to June, it did post an increase in third quarter profitability with cash earnings of $1.4 bn.
Westpac’s chief executive Gail Kelly said the bank is “comfortable” with its mortgage rates.
All four banks reported higher cash earnings in the third quarter, but repeated their concerns over higher funding costs and uncertainty about the global economic outlook.
Political instability remains a problem for the banks, which faced pressure not to raise rates prior to the election on Saturday.
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Pardon -Me- Broker on
24 Aug 2010 10:50 AM
OK we get it you cut commissions and trailers and increased your margins , in the middle of a GFC bercause you needed to protect shareholders ?? It is a good reason why they are losing their share of the broker market they enjoyed, and the ANZ are picking it up !!!!!!!!!!!!!