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- Dec 18, 2023
- 5 pages
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- Dec 14, 2023
- 5 pages
Application for quotation of securities - BEN
Appendix 2A (Application for Quotation of Securities)
- Dec 6, 2023
- 9 pages
This Month
The fate of ANZ and Suncorp deal is in the hands of these three people
The high-stakes legal battle over whether the $4.9 billion transaction should proceed is half done. And so far, it is unclear who’s on top.
- James Eyers
ANZ argues plenty of competition in bid to reverse blocked deal
The bank’s lawyers told a tribunal that the ACCC made an error in blocking the deal, and changes to the lending sector had only boosted competition.
- Lucas Baird
Bendigo says it can make ‘compelling’ offer for Suncorp Bank
The Australian Competition Tribunal’s hearing, starting on Monday, will reconsider the ACCC’s rejection of ANZ’s takeover of Suncorp Bank.
- James Eyers
November
Australia’s top corporate givers revealed
Woolworths, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and health insurer NIB were among the companies to record a surge in philanthropy in 2023.
- Sally Patten
October
NRMA to offer home loans funded by Bendigo Bank
Like Qantas, the IAG-owned insurer will distribute mortgages to its customers via an origination platform created by fintech Tic:Toc, funded by Bendigo Bank.
- James Eyers
‘Shiny shopfronts’ led police to bust $10b Chinese crime ring
Seven people have been arrested in connection to an alleged Chinese money laundering ring whose operators were said to lead lives of luxury.
- Patrick Durkin
New Bendigo chairman not giving up on Queensland dream
David Foster, a former boss of Suncorp Bank, has taken the chairman’s seat at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, and remains keen to grow in regional Queensland.
- James Eyers
September
Bendigo puts Homesafe on the block but no one is biting
Bendigo Bank’s quietly been trying to sell a unit called Homesafe. But bidders are baulking at the valuation.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
August
Over-regulation strangling smaller bank competition: Bligh
The ABA chief told the House economics committee 130 different regulatory changes are in train over the next 12 to 18 months.
- Lucas Baird and James Eyers
ANZ launches Suncorp merger appeal
ANZ said it expects its $4.9 billion acquisition of Suncorp’s banking arm to be completed by the middle of next year after it formally lodged an appeal.
- Lucas Baird
Bendigo-Suncorp talks ‘not appropriate’ amid appeal to $4.9b ANZ deal
“There is a process to play out there, and I don’t think it is appropriate to while that process is in place,” Bendigo boss Marnie Baker said.
- Lucas Baird
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Does size matter for boosting bank competition?
On the face of it, it would be open to the Australian Competition Tribunal to make a different call on how to best turn the competitive dial in banking than the conclusion reached by the policy wonks at the ACCC.
- The AFR View
Suncorp investors want cash, not scrip, if Bendigo comes knocking
Aequitas Investment Partners CIO David Berthon-Jones said the ACCC decision to block the $4.9 billion ANZ bank merger was bewildering.
- Lucas Baird and Liam Walsh
Suncorp adviser claimed merger with Bendigo ‘value accretive’
After the ACCC knocked back ANZ’s $4.9 billion offer for Suncorp, the regulator has pointed to another combination on the table.
- Liam Walsh, Lucas Baird and James Eyers
June
Banks are increasingly vying for younger customers (and it’s not easy)
Ubank and Up are a new breed of digital banks. Each has won 700,000 customers, attracted to features big banks struggle to provide on their legacy technology.
- James Eyers
Are Aussie banks closing the door on crypto?
Australian cryptocurrency exchanges are running out of options to let local customers convert their crypto into dollars, as banking partner Cuscal introduces new requirements.
- Jessica Sier
ANZ is fighting to convince us that the banking oligopoly is dead
The proposed purchase of Suncorp’s bank will reshape how regulators, and the public, see a sector long dominated by four major players in the future.
- Karen Maley
15 years for a merger? Suncorp canes Bendigo alternative
Suncorp, aiming to convince the ACCC to green-light ANZ’s $4.9b offer to buy its bank, argues no deal can happen with rival Bendigo.
- Liam Walsh and Mark Ludlow
ANZ lashes ‘distorted’ rivals in final push for $4.9b Suncorp deal
The bank argues that the ACCC is out of touch with the competitive reality of the sector and would be wrong to oppose its purchase of Suncorp’s banking arm.
- Lucas Baird and James Eyers
May
ANZ launches Tier 2 deal, Bendigo chases three-year senior unsecured
ANZ and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank were fronting bank debt investors with new-money deals on Monday morning.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
