Report
David Ellis

ANZ Bank Increases On-Market Buyback as Surplus Capital Builds. No Change to AUD 30 FVE

As expected, wide-moat Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has increased the on-market buyback program to AUD 3 billion from AUD 1.5 billion to reduce the mounting capital surplus. The previously announced AUD 1.5 billion buyback started in January 2018 and to date AUD 1.4 billion has been spent. There is no change to our fiscal 2018 cash earnings forecast of AUD 6.83 billion and fully franked dividend of AUD 1.60 per share. The sale of businesses and share buyback are incorporated in our un...
Underlying
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group provides a range of banking and financial products and services to retail, small business, corporate and institutional clients. Co. operates on a divisional structure with six divisions: Australia, Institutional, New Zealand, Wealth Australia, Asia Retail & Pacific and Technology Services & Operations and Group Centre. Co.'s core products offered include deposits, credit cards, loans, investments and insurance, retail products provided to consumers, and banking and financial solutions provided to business customers through managers, among others. As of Sept 30 2015, Co. had total assets of A$914,869,000,000 and total deposits of A$566,847,000,000.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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David Ellis

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