Report
David Ellis
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Major Bank Pricing Power (Mostly) Intact Despite Intense Legal, Political, and Regulatory Pressure

Solid operating conditions for Australia's wide-moat-rated major banks are being completely overshadowed by the negative sentiment and damaging revelations raised to date at the Royal Commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation, and financial services industry. The Royal Commission is due to release an interim report by the end of September, with the final report due in February 2019. We expect the interim report to focus on residential lending standards, vertical integration of we...
Underlying
National Australia Bank Limited

National Australia Bank provides banking services, credit and access card facilities, leasing, housing and general finance, international banking, investment banking, wealth management, funds management, life insurance and custodian, trustee and nominee services. Co.'s division include: Australian Banking, which provides products and services to retail and business customers; National Australia Bank Limited Wealth, which provides superannuation, investment and insurance solutions; and New Zealand Banking, which comprises the Retail, Business, Agribusiness, Corporate and Institutional and Insurance franchises in New Zealand. As of Sept 30 2016, Co. had total assets of A$777.62 billion.

Provider
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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