News Articles for National Australia Bank

NATIONAL Australia Bank has signed on as the national sponsor for SportingPulse, an organisation that acts in part as a support to the development of grassroots sports.

Competition in the housing loans market is being bolstered by a revival of wholesale funding, with Australian Finance Group re-launching its securitisation business and Police & Nurses Credit Society launching its first-ever issue of mortgage-backed secur

The decision to overhaul a company's brand is not without risk, but many WA businesses are reaping the rewards. Russell Quinn & Blake Wilshaw report.

Two new surveys are pointing to slower growth and weak business expectations in the second half of 2010.

A JOINTLY commissioned survey by Volunteering Australia and National Australia Bank has found that 81 per cent of community org

ANZ and Westpac have joined the other big banks, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and National Australia Bank in raising the standard variable home loan interest rate in line with the 25 basis point rise by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).

It is not that Perth dealmakers are joining the dole queues, they have just had a little more time on their hands recently.

IN a capital-starved world those businesses that continue to invest stand out more than ever before.

WHEN Celebrate WA announced Western Australia's Citizen of Year awards for 2009 two weekends ago the presence of the University of Western Australia would not have escaped the attention of many.

National Australia Bank chief executive John Stewart took home more than $8 million in fiscal 2008, a slight decline from the previous 12 months, although the bank's share price dropped by 39 per cent over the same period.

Westpac Banking Corporation has cut its standard variable home loan interest rate by 65 basis points, while the National Australia Bank has lowered its rate by 62 basis points.

Speculation over the sale of BankWest by its UK parent has ramped up with National Australia Bank Ltd reportedly in talks with JP Morgan and others over forming a consortium to break up HBOS.

The Bank of Queensland's aggressive push into Western Australia has highlighted a growing trend of franchising within the finance industry.

South Perth-based agricultural investment company the ARK Fund Ltd has increased the size of its debt facility with the National Australia Bank to $27 million, the company has announced.

Business is good, and is expected to get better, for many of Western Australia's small and medium-sized businesses, according to a National Australia Bank survey.

The year 1991 was a bad time to be in business. It was the year Australia had “the recession we had to have”, to quote the immortal words of then Prime Minister Paul Keating.

WITH or without her flamboyant hairstyle, Patti Chong still makes an impact. The general counsel for the Corruption and Crime Commission is well known for her colourful clothes and personality, and so it came as no surprise that after hearing a radio

National Australia Bank Ltd Group  ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

AUSTRALIA'S biggest bank has been singled out by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commision to face Federal Court on price fixing charges.