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Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment: Australia Oct 09
Standard & Poors, Oct 2009
Abstract
Nonperforming loans and credit losses likely to remain among the lowest globally Strong and stable regulatory regime Open and resilient economy that continues to outperform peers Supportive and financially strong government Current account imbalances and high household debt levels Standard & Poor's Ratings Services considers risk to Australia's banking system to be among the lowest compared with global peers. This is reflected in our Group 1 Bank Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA) ranking for Australia (out of 10, 1 is the strongest). Similarly ranked systems include Sweden, Finland, France, the Netherlands, and Canada. The Australian banking sector is dominated by four major banks: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ; AA/Stable/A-1+); Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA; AA/Stable/A-1+); National Australia...
Companies mentioned in this report are: Australia (Commonwealth of) (Unsolicited Ratings),National Australia Bank Ltd.,Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.,Westpac Banking Corp.,Commonwealth Bank of Australia,QBE Lenders' Mortgage Insurance Ltd.,Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Pty Ltd.
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Research Type: Commentary
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