18 Aug, 2016

Origin Energy Update

By |2016-08-18T22:23:51+10:00Aug 18, 2016|Hybrids|

Origin reported statutory loss of $589 million for the year ended 30 June 2016 which was a slight improvement on 2015 (loss of $658 million). The Energy Markets segment continued to drive the result as an improvement in natural gas volumes and margins, a stable electricity contribution (albeit slightly lower volumes) and expense management all helped the bottom line. The Integrated [...]

18 Aug, 2016

AMP Group Update

By |2016-08-18T22:17:27+10:00Aug 18, 2016|Hybrids|

AMP Group (AMP) reported a Statutory Net Profit after Tax (NPAT) of $523 million, up 3.16% over the prior corresponding period (pcp). Cash profit was $513 million, down 10% on pcp, and was below expectations. The result was driven by higher claims experience (losses of $42 million) in the Australian Wealth Protection (AWP) business. Overall AMP operating earnings was $515m (down [...]

17 Aug, 2016

Crown Update

By |2016-08-17T04:05:52+10:00Aug 17, 2016|Hybrids|

Crown reported a normalised EBITDA of $855 million (up 3.7% on 2015) in a year which produced a significant amount of volatility. Proceeds from the partial sale of their stake in Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (MCE) joint venture made the result look better than it really was but revenue and margins from the Australian Resorts segment (Casinos) were broadly in line with [...]

17 Aug, 2016

Challenger Update

By |2016-08-17T03:09:05+10:00Aug 17, 2016|Hybrids|

Challenger Limited (CGF) reported a Net Statutory Profit After Tax (NPAT) of $328 million (up 9.6% on 2016). This was largely due to contributions from the group’s Life segment which generated $500 million in earnings, a 9.4% increase. On the other hand, the overall NPAT growth was held back by poor performance from the Funds Management segment as its earnings [...]

16 Aug, 2016

New Issue: ANZ Capital Notes 4

By |2016-08-16T05:04:47+10:00Aug 16, 2016|Hybrids|

On the 16th of August 2016 Australian and New Zealand Banking Corporation (ANZ) announced a new transaction, ANZ Capital Notes 4 (Prospective ASX Code: ANZPG).   The purpose of this transaction is to provide Regulatory Capital for the group but more specifically it will be treated as additional Tier 1 capital for regulatory purposes. The indicative size of the offer is [...]

15 Aug, 2016

NAB Q3 Update

By |2016-08-15T02:09:22+10:00Aug 15, 2016|Hybrids|

On 15th August 2016 National Australia Bank (NAB) provided markets with an unaudited third quarter 2016 financial year (3Q16) update.   Earnings – Cash earnings were ~$1.6 billion, ~3% lower than the quarterly average of 1H16, and ~3% lower than the prior corresponding period. Unaudited statutory net profit after tax was also ~$1.6 billion, although compositionally different to cash earnings. [...]

12 Aug, 2016

Goodman Update

By |2016-08-12T03:25:53+10:00Aug 12, 2016|Hybrids|

Goodman posted strong results for the year ended 30 June 2016. Operating profit increased by 9% which was driven primarily by the group's development and management business units (EBIT up 33% and 43% respectively). These solid set of results reflect the global diversification of the group’s portfolio (59% of operating earnings derived outside Australia) consisting primarily of high quality industrial [...]

11 Aug, 2016

AGL Energy Update

By |2016-08-11T03:16:37+10:00Aug 11, 2016|Bonds, Hybrids|

AGL Energy released positive results as underlying EBITDA and profit have increased by 12% and 11% respectively. This is largely due to management’s focus away from poor performing natural gas assets and more toward retail electricity generation & distribution. As a result, AGL Energy is positioned strongly in the current energy environment relative to its competitors such as Origin Energy. [...]

11 Aug, 2016

CommBank Update

By |2016-08-11T03:15:27+10:00Aug 11, 2016|Bonds, Deposits, Hybrids|

Commonwealth Bank posted a statutory Net Profit after Tax (NPAT) of $9.23 billion, a 2% increase from the 2015 financial year. Net Interest Margin (NIM) was down 2 basis points to 2.07% with operating income growing 5% at a faster rate than expenses (4%) leading to a 0.40% improvement in the cost-to-income ratio to 42.4%. This result is broadly credit [...]

9 Aug, 2016

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Update

By |2016-08-09T03:10:59+10:00Aug 9, 2016|Bonds, Hybrids|

Bendigo Bank posted a 1.96% drop in Net Profit after Tax (NPAT) compared to the 2015 financial year. This result was also driven by a contribution from the Home Safe (reverse mortgage product) due to strong increases in residential property markets of Melbourne & Sydney. The group experienced a flat Net Interest Margin (NIM) over FY16 as the competitive lending [...]