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ANZ smaller but better, CEO tells shareholders

He says strategy of selling non-core business units would help it increase shareholder returns amid difficult trading conditions

Published Tue, Dec 19, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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Sydney

AUSTRALIA and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) said on Tuesday that its strategy of selling non-core business units would help it increase shareholder returns in the face of difficult trading conditions.

Chief executive Shayne Elliott said banks were facing about 3 per cent lower returns on equity due to rapidly changing technology, higher capital and liquidity requirements as well as a new government levy on the sector introduced this year.

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