SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the Month of November 2005

 

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited

ACN 005 357 522

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

Level 6, 100 Queen Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

 

Form 20-F : ý

Form 40-F o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

Yes  o

No : ý

 

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):

 

This Form 6-K may contain certain forward-looking statements, including statements regarding (i) economic and financial forecasts, (ii) anticipated implementation of certain control systems and programs, (iii) the expected outcomes of legal proceedings and (iv) strategic priorities.  Such forward- looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond our control and which may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statement contained in these forward- looking statements.  For example, these forward-looking statements may be affected by movements in exchange rates and interest rates, general economic conditions, our ability to acquire or develop necessary technology, our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, government regulation, the competitive environment and political and regulatory policies.

 

 



 

 

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[GRAPHIC]

 

2005 Roadshow

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited

November 2005

 

[LOGO]

 



 

Strategic Overview

 

[LOGO]

 

2



 

Record profit, ahead of target

Strong revenue momentum in second half

 

 

 

 

 

2005 v 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NPAT*

 

$   3,056m

 

é

11.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash EPS*

 

175.2c

 

é

8.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend

 

110c

 

é

8.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

2h05 v 1h05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NPAT*

 

 

 

é

4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Income*

 

 

 

é

4.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Operating Income*

 

 

 

é

7.6%

 

 


*excluding NZ incremental integration costs and significant items

 



 

Real progress on strategic agenda in 2005

 

Where our growth will come from

 

[GRAPHIC]

 

ANZ Strategy Day – 7 September 2005

 

Seamless succession

 

 

                  Graham Hodges

 

New Zealand

                  Mark Paton

 

Corporate

                  David Hisco

 

Esanda

 

Australia

                  Profit up 14%

                  Personal up 15%

                  Corporate up 10%

                  Esanda up 11%

 

Institutional

                  Up 8%, de-risking completed

 

New Zealand

                  Flat result in competitive market

                  Integration largely complete

                  Good outlook for 2007 & beyond

 

Asia-Pacific

                  Good underlying momentum

                  Progress on expansion agenda

 



 

ANZ’s strategic priorities

 

Maintain narrow geographic focus

 

                  Build a stronger strategic presence in Australia

                  Defend leadership in NZ, invest in underweight segments, and secure the benefits from integration

                  Expand selectively in emerging Asia – Pacific markets

 

Actively manage portfolio of specialist businesses

 

Invest in rapidly growing segments to create revenue growth of 7-9% per annum

 

Embrace an aggressive internal transformation agenda to lower cost-income to low 40s

 



 

Growth - Increase revenue growth to 7-9% per annum

 

Continue to invest in faster growth segments

 

                  Leverage high natural growth in Personal Banking

                  Consolidate strong position in Institutional and invest in faster growth Investment Banking segments

                  Build on strong Corporate position and leverage into relationship Business and Small Business Banking

                  Build on rapid momentum in Private Banking

                  Build a more strategic position in Wealth Management and Insurance over the medium term

 

Increase costs, but grow revenues faster than costs

 



 

Transformation – Lean, agile, sharp, externally-focused

 

                  Target 40% cost-income ratio

                  Realise benefits from New Zealand integration

                  Reallocate resources to customers and markets

                  Non-customer overhead reduction program

                  Create new integrated global operations specialisation

                  New simplified technology architecture

                  More decisive, with radical improvement in speed to market

                  Leverage ANZ’s unique performance culture and values

 



 

Invest in high growth priority areas, improve return from low growth areas or de-emphasise

 

Australia & New Zealand

 

[CHART]

 

ANZ Position

 



 

Creating Australasia’s leading bank

 

                  Mission – to become Australasia’s leading bank

 

                  Favourable 2006 outlook:

“Environment should be broadly similar to 2005, enabling us to produce continued good results in the year ahead”

 

                  New Growth and Transformation agenda:

Growth

7% - 9% annual revenue growth

Transformation

40% cost-income ratio

 



 

Financial Performance

 

10



 

Good full year result: strong revenue momentum in the second half

 

[CHART]

 


^excludes significant items & incremental integration costs

 

Scorecard

 

FY05

 

2H05

 

Volume Growth

 

üü

 

üü

 

Interest Margin

 

X*

 

X*

 

Non Int. Income

 

ü

 

üü

 

Expenses

 

X

 

X

 

Provisions

 

üü

 

ü

 

Tax

 

ü

 

ü

 

Cash EPS

 

ü

 

ü

 

 


üü -

Favourable to expectations

ü -

In line with expectations

X –

Unfavourable to expectations

 

*impacted by derivative transactions

 

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Strong lending growth offset by margin pressure

 

Net Interest Income#  Drivers FY05

 

[CHART]

 


@excludes markets, #NII includes tax equivalent gross-up and margin decline includes joint variance

**FY04 normalised for two extra month of NBNZ

^excludes significant items, incremental integration costs & shareholder functions

+growth in net loans & advances

 

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Excluding FX hedge impact, margin decline close to longer term trend

 

Margin decline a mix of Structural impacts and Competition

Competition most intense in NZ mortgage market

 

(competition impact on Group Margin Sep 04 – Sep 05)

 

 

[CHART]

[CHART]

 

refer slides 27 & 28 for detailed geographic analysis

 

13



 

“Underlying” margin contraction in line with peers

 

 

 

ANZ

 

WBC*

 

 

 

 

 

Headline NIM contraction

 

(14.0bps)

 

(3bps)

 

 

 

 

 

Bank Specific Items

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•     NBNZ acquisition full year impact

 

0.6bps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•     FX revenue hedging

 

2.6bps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                  Treasury mismatch income

 

3.5bps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                  Accounting & other changes

 

 

 

(4bps)

 

 

 

 

 

Underlying NIM contraction

 

(7.3bps)

 

(7bps)

 


*Source – WBC Profit Announcement

 

14



 

Strong 2nd half non-interest income performance

 

Improved performance across all major Divisions

 

Key Drivers (2H05 v 1H05)

 

 

Personal

[CHART]

 

•     Volume related fee income increases

 

 

•     Increase fee income from Wealth Management business

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

                  Strong client flow in markets business

 

 

                  Good fee growth in C&SF

 

 

                  Improved cross sell by Client Relationship Group

 

 

 

 

 

New Zealand

 

 

                  Seasonality of fee income in 2H05

 

 

                  Volume related fee income increases

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate

 

 

                  Volume related fee income increases

 

 

                  Increased contribution from Small Business

 


note – there have been a number of minor restatements to 1H05 numbers

*excluding significant items; ** normalised for two additional months from NBNZ

 

15



 

Improved revenue growth & lower credit costs has permitted higher growth investment

 

[CHART]

 


*extra 2 months of NBNZ in FY05

^includes investment in branch improvement program

 

16



 

Growth investment has been weighted towards increasing frontline FTE

 

Approx. 2,200 new FTE’s in FY05

 

[CHART]

 

                  Approx. 70% of new business* FTE in frontline roles

                  Full run rate of FTE investment to drive expense growth in FY06

                  Institutional frontline investment offset by restructuring reductions and PSF sale (approx 30 FTE), investment in TTS support for new operations and increased volumes

 


*excludes Group & Integration

 

17



 

Solid momentum in Australia

 

Division

NPAT (Half on Half)

NPAT (Year on Year)

 

 

 

Personal Banking

[CHART]

[CHART]

Institutional

 

 

New Zealand* (NZ$)

 

 

Corporate

 

 

Esanda & UDC

 

 

Asia Pacific

 

 

 

 

 

Geographic

 

 

 

 

 

Australia*

[CHART]

[CHART]

New Zealand* (NZ$)

 

 

Asia Pacific

 

 

 


*excludes significant items & incremental integration costs, NZ numbers normalised for 2 extra months of NBNZ in 2004

 

18



 

Credit quality remains favourable, delinquencies down on 1H05

 

Non Accrual Loans continue to reduce

 

[CHART]

 

Delinquencies remain low
(60 day delinquencies)

 

[CHART]

 

Specific Provisions continue to reduce

 

[CHART]

 

19



 

A-IFRS indicative impact on key measures

 

 

 

AGAAP

 

A-IFRS^

 

Key Drivers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash EPS

 

175.2 cents

 

172.5 cents

 

                  Impact of share based payments

 

                  Hedge derivative revaluations treated as non-cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Ordinary Equity

 

17.3%

 

18.7%

 

                  NPAT increased by ~ $133m

 

                  Equity reduced by IFRS adjustments to Retained Earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Assets

 

1.08%

 

1.11%

 

                  NPAT increased by ~ $133m

 

                  Slight increase in assets - securitisation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General/Collective Provision to RWA’s

 

0.99%

 

0.85%

 

                  Reduction in General Provision to align to Collective Provisioning methodology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Interest Margin

 

2.35%

 

2.41%

 

                  NII adjusted for fee revenue, Individual provisioning & StEPS dividend

 

                  AIEA increased due to recognition of Commercial Bills & Securitised Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost to Income Ratio*

 

45.6%

 

46.6%

 

                  Expenses increased due to recognition of share based payments

 

                  Income flat – items offset excluding non cash hedge revaluations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACE Ratio

 

5.1%

 

5.1%

 

                  Small movement to ACE, RWA’s unchanged

 

Ratios for year ended or as at 30 September 2005

 


*excluding significant items & incremental integration costs, goodwill and hedge derivative revaluations

 

All numbers subject to finalisation of IFRS figures and possible APRA impacts ^considers potential impact of provisioning, hedging volatility not included

 

20



 

Increased earnings volatility anticipated under IFRS driven by provisioning charge

 

                  ELP charge relatively stable compared to total IFRS provision charge

 

                  Collective provision function of

                  Probability of Default & Loss Given Default

                  Portfolio concentration

                  Specific events

                  Risk & Cycle conditions

 

IFRS Provision charge exhibits greater volatility than ELP charge

 

[CHART]

 


*refer slide 39

**excludes special GP charge in 2002

 

21



 

 

Capital – regulatory position still under review

 

1.              IFRS considerations

                  Initial capital impacts of IFRS expected to be modest

•     approx. $1.1b decrease in book equity, ACE and Tier 1 impact immaterial

                  APRA treatment of IFRS adjustments (eg collective provision)

                  Future dividend policy will generally seek to look through “normal” provisioning volatility

 

2.              Innovative v Non-Innovative

                  Currently ~ $1.0 billion in excess of APRA’s proposed 15% innovative limit

expect to “grow-out” of excess by 2010

                  Medium term capital needs will be met from ACE and non-innovative capital

                  Still considerable uncertainty around:

      what qualifies for non-innovative capital and market capacity to absorb non-innovative instruments

      future cost of capital

•     franking impacts

 

22



 

2006 headwinds represent ~2% drag on cash EPS

 

Summary of 2006 Headwinds

 

[CHART]

 

23



 

Group Outlook for 2006

 

Item

 

Outlook

 

 

 

Revenue

 

•     7% - 9% growth:

 

 

      Lending & deposit growth to remain strong

 

 

      Continued momentum in Australian businesses supported by specific growth initiatives

 

 

      Structured deal run-off & reduced INGA contribution due to end of transitional tax relief are key headwinds

 

 

 

Expenses

 

      5% - 7% growth:

 

 

      Full year run rate of additional FTE’s driving expense growth, will result in earnings growth weighted to second half

 

 

      Ongoing investment in growth businesses e.g. Small Business

 

 

 

Provision for Doubtful Debts

 

•     IFRS provisioning charge uncertain, dependant on actual losses and level of unidentified impaired assets at balance date

      Provision Charge = Individual Provisions + Change in Collective Provision (growth, change in risk)

      Continue to report ELP rate. Current credit environment remains favourable

 

 

 

Taxation

 

      Tax rate higher due to run off of structured deals

 

24



 

Summary - Good result, good momentum

 

2005

 

2006

 

 

 

      A quality result, ahead of original target

 

Environment broadly similar to 2005

Earnings growth again weighted to 2nd half

First year of IFRS!

      Strong revenue momentum in second half

 

      Stronger revenue growth permitted increased investment

 

      Low risk, strong credit quality

 

 

25



 

Additional Financial Information

 

26



 

Profit & Cash EPS reconciliation

 

 

 

FY04 ($m)

 

FY05 ($m)

 

Change

 

Income

 

8,645

 

9,350

 

8.2

%

Expenses

 

(4,026

)

(4,515

)

12.1

%

Operating Profit

 

4,619

 

4,835

 

4.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for Doubtful Debts

 

(632

)

(580

)

8.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax & OEI

 

(1,172

)

(1,237

)

(5.5

)%

NPAT

 

2,815

 

3,018

 

7.2

%

Goodwill

 

189

 

224

 

18.5

%

Significant Items

 

(48

)

38

 

large

 

Pref. Share Dividend

 

(98

)

(84

)

14.3

%

Cash NPAT

 

2,858

 

3,196

 

11.8

%

Average Shares

 

1,774

 

1,824

 

2.8

%

Basic Cash EPS (cents)

 

161.1

 

175.2

 

8.8

%

 

27



 

Cash EPS comparison – AGAAP v A-IFRS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reported

 

 

 

Based

 

Fee

 

Credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full

 

12 mths ended 30/9/05 ($m)

 

AGAAP

 

Goodwill

 

Payments

 

Revenue

 

Provisioning

 

Deriv’s

 

StEPS

 

Other

 

AIFRS

 

Net interest income

 

5,798

 

 

 

 

 

636

 

19

 

 

 

(66

)

4

 

6,391

 

Non-interest income

 

3,552

 

45

 

 

 

(654

)

 

 

35

 

 

 

13

 

2,991

 

Operating expenses

 

(4,336

)

 

 

(80

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5

)

(4,421

)

Goodwill amortisation

 

(179

)

179

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

Bad & doubtful debts

 

(580

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(573

)

Tax & OEI

 

(1,237

)

 

 

16

 

6

 

(10

)

(10

)

 

 

(2

)

(1,237

)

NPAT

 

3,018

 

224

 

(64

)

(12

)

16

 

25

 

(66

)

10

 

3,151

 

Goodwill amortisation

 

224

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hybrid

 

(84

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

66

 

 

 

(18

)

Significant items

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38

 

Derivatives Revaluation

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(25

)

 

 

 

 

(25

)

Cash NPAT

 

3,196

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

(25

)

66

 

0

 

3,146

 

Average shares (basic)

 

1,824

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,824

 

Basic Cash EPS (cents)

 

175.2

 

224

 

(64

)

(12

)

16

 

0

 

0

 

10

 

172.5

 

 

Note: 2004 A-IFRS Cash EPS not available

 

28



 

Initial IFRS impact on capital likely to be modest, earnings volatility may impact dividends

 

Initial IFRS impacts on capital are forecast to be modest*

 

 

 

Book Equity

 

ACE & Tier 1

 

Tier 2

 

 

 

($m)

 

($m)

 

($m)

 

Derivative Accounting

 

33

 

(108

)

 

Defined Benefit Scheme

 

(107

)

(107

)

 

Credit Provisioning

 

191

 

191

 

(235

)

StEPS Reclassification

 

(992

)

 

 

Fee Revenue

 

(266

)

 

 

INGA

 

(181

)

 

 

Other including goodwill

 

192

 

(1

)

(31

)

Total Adjustment

 

(1,130

)

(25

)

(266

)

 

                  Under IFRS, reported earnings will become more volatile principally due to new provisioning methodologies

                  Prime objective will be to continue to maintain stable dividend growth.  In practice, this may require:

 

•     a larger capital buffer above the minimum capital ratios

•     some potential reduction in dividend payout coinciding with occurrences of outlier higher provisioning charges

 

Potential Future Dividend Payout Ratio Profile

 

[CHART]

 


*Based on 1st October 2005 balance sheet adjustments and subject to APRA finalizing their position on a number of IFRS issues, particularly the treatment of deferred fee income and the collective provision under prudential standards.

 

29



 

Illustrative A-IFRS Balance Sheet adjustments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defined

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reported

 

 

 

Benefit

 

Fee

 

 

 

Credit

 

Derivative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

as at 30/9/05 ($m)

 

AGAAP

 

Goodwill

 

schemes

 

Revenue

 

Securitisation

 

Provisioning

 

acctg

 

StEPS

 

Other

 

Full AIFRS

 

Liquid Assets & due for other fin’al inst.

 

17,948

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,948

 

Trading & invst sec’s & fair value assets

 

13,226

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,000

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

1

 

16,235

 

Net loans & advances

 

230,952

 

 

 

 

 

(390

)

1,542

 

307

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

232,411

 

Customers liability for acceptances

 

13,449

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,499

 

Derivative fin’al instruments

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,006

 

5,006

 

Regulatory deposits

 

159

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

159

 

Shares in cont entities, assoc’s & JV’s

 

1,872

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(126

)

1,746

 

Deferred tax assets

 

1,337

 

 

 

44

 

124

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

2

 

0

 

1,532

 

Goodwill

 

2,898

 

224

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

3,149

 

Premises & Equipment

 

1,441

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(381

)

1,060

 

Other Assets

 

9,903

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

(4,625

)

5,292

 

Total Assets

 

293,185

 

224

 

52

 

(266

)

4,542

 

307

 

33

 

8

 

(98

)

297,987

 

Due to other fin’al inst.

 

12,027

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,027

 

Deposits & other borrowings

 

185,693

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

188,693

 

Liability for acceptances

 

13,449

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,449

 

Derivative fin’al instruments

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,672

 

5,672

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

1,797

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

116

 

 

 

 

 

115

 

2,031

 

Bonds & notes

 

39,073

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,538

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,611

 

Loan capital

 

9,137

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

10,137

 

Other liabilities

 

11,607

 

 

 

156

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,668

)

6,095

 

Provisions

 

914

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

914

 

Total Liabilities

 

273,697

 

0

 

159

 

0

 

4,538

 

116

 

0

 

1,000

 

119

 

279,629

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders equity

 

19,488

 

224

 

(107

)

(266

)

4

 

191

 

33

 

(992

)

(217

)

18,358

 

 

30



 

Continued strong balance sheet growth

 

Personal

 

                  Solid mortgages and credit card FUM growth driving lending

                  Good growth in transaction & savings balances delivering above system deposit growth

 

Institutional

 

                  Increased domestic lending following de-risking

                  Strong deposit growth

 

New Zealand

 

                  Good growth in Mortgages, Corporate & Institutional

                  Deposit growth in line with system

 

Corporate

 

                  Good lending growth in both Corporate & Business Banking.  12% Business Banking growth in line with system

                  Continued strong deposit growth

 

Esanda & UDC

 

                  Lending growth strong in Aust (up 9%), NZ impacted by restructuring

                  Debentures & Online Saver driving deposit growth

 

Asia Pacific

 

                  Strong lending growth in the Pacific driven by industry specialisation strategy

                  14% increase in Pacific deposits driving growth

 

Lending and Deposit Volumes

Growth (EOP)

 

[CHART]

 

31



 

Growth in Mortgages and Long Term Wholesale funding driving asset & funding mix margin impacts

 

Mortgages continue to
grow strongly

 

Growth in long term funding key
driver of funding mix

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

32



 

Australian Geographic margin contraction driven by funding mix, competition & revenue hedging impacts

 

Funding mix & competition driving
Australian interest margin contraction

 

Institutional most
competitive segment

 

 

(competition impact on Australian margin
Sep 04 – Sep 05)

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

33



 

Fixed rate mortgage competition driving NZ Geographic margin contraction

 

Strong Fixed Rate Mortgage competition
adversely impacting NZ margins

 

NZ mortgages driving
margins down

 

 

(competition impact on NZ margin
Sep 04 – Sep 05)

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

34



 

Capital position remains above target range

 

Drivers of the ACE ratio

 

[CHART]

 

                  Adopted a prudent approach given uncertainties regarding IFRS and APRA impact on capital

•     $350m buy-back ongoing, $203.6 million completed to-date

•     “Other” impact largely reflects dividend & capital return from INGA and NBNZ Life sale, net of increased capital deductions

                  Retain flexibility to make small ‘in-fill’ acquisitions and accommodate APRA/IFRS uncertainties

 


*Core Cash Earnings, defined as earnings after hybrid distributions, but before goodwill

 

35



 

Capital efficiency will be driven by access to non - innovative hybrids

 

•     Current hybrid’s are expected to qualify as innovative Tier-1 capital

                  Innovative hybrid is currently ~$1bn in excess of APRA’s proposed 15% limit and is expected to be corrected by organic growth by 2010

                  Non-Innovative capital capacity will grow from $1.5bn (current) to in excess of $2bn by 2010

                  Assuming Tier 1 at 7%, without access to hybrid capital (innovative or non-innovative), organic capital generation would fund only 9% pa RWA growth.  By using hybrid capital (non-innovative) and ACE capital of 5.25%, RWA growth of around 12% pa can be funded.

                  Still considerable uncertainty around what qualifies for Non-Innovative capital and franking impacts

 

Core Capital Generation & Usage % of RWA

 

[CHART]

 

Funding Marginal RWA Growth
with Tier 1 @7%

 

[CHART]

 

36



 

Cost of Capital dependant on access to Non-Innovative or Preference Share capital

 

                  As we are capped out on Innovative capital until 2010 marginal RWA growth will be funded by either Core or Non-Innovative Capital

                  APRA’s low 25% limit for hybrid capital may result in incremental RWA growth being funded with at least 5.25% ACE (75% of Tier 1)

                  Strategy will be to reconsider Tier 1 targets and develop Non-Innovative capacity

                  The amount of non-innovative capital issued and cost of capital will be dependant upon APRA’s final definition and investor appetite

 

Capital mix for marginal RWA
growth next 5 years

 

[CHART]

 

37



 

Current hybrids

 

 

 

ANZ StEPS

 

US Trust Securities

 

€ Trust Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US$1.1 billion

 

 

 

Currency & Amount

 

A$1 billion

 

•   US$350m – Jan 2010

 

EUR500 million

 

 

 

 

 

•   US$750m – Dec 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue Date

 

24 September 2003

 

26 November 2003

 

13 December 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Maturity Date

 

14 September 2053

 

15 December 2053

 

12 December 2053

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

 

 

Interest Rate

 

Floating – BBSW + 100bpts

 

•   US$350m @ 4.48%

 

Floating – Euribor + 66bpts

 

 

 

 

 

•   US$750m @ 5.36%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Innovative

 

Innovative

 

Innovative

 

Innovative/Non
Innovative

 

•   Step up of 100bpts at Sept 2013, or issuer call at Sept 2008

 

•   Convertible to ordinary shares at investors option in Jan 10/Dec 13

 

•   Step up 100bpts at Dec 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•   Equity under AGAAP

 

•   Debt under AGAAP

 

•   Equity under AGAAP

 

Debt/Equity classification

 

•   Debt under A-IFRS as convertible to variable # of ordinary shares

 

•   Debt under A-IFRS as mandatory conversion to variable # of ordinary shares

 

•   Equity under A-IFRS as no conversion remains a preference share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Position to 2010

 

No change anticipated

 

No change anticipated

 

No change anticipated

 

 

38



 

New Zealand currency risk substantially hedged

 

                  Revenue hedging continues to be undertaken when currency is assessed to be outside its normal trading range and fair value estimates.

                  Under IFRS, hedge accounting remains until 1 Oct 2006. Subsequently, the full MTM of the FX derivatives will impact the P&L with no offset in the current period for future revenue flows.  Objective will be to continue hedging if economically justified, however, some changes in hedging approach may be required.

 

NZD revenue hedging position (A$m)

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

Notional Principal

 

3,957

 

3,450

 

Income from hedge

 

(19

)

10

 

Unrealised gain/(loss)

 

29

 

(41

)

Exchange rate (spot)

 

~ 1.09

 

~ 1.09

 

Exchange rate (with forward points)

 

~ 1.11

 

~ 1.11

 

 

Attractive rates for hedging

future revenue

 

[CHART]

 

Estimated proportion of NZ

earnings hedged

(rolling 12 month basis)

 

[CHART]

 

39



 

 

Credit Quality

 

40



 

ELP reduction reflects improved credit quality

 

Improved risk profile drives reduction in ELP rate

 

ELP charge exceeded SP’s by 63% in FY05

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

41



 

Net Specific Provisions down 19%

 

                  Credit quality in Australia continues to improve, with lower Specific Provisions

                  Specific Provisions up in New Zealand due to two medium sized Corporate accounts plus a handful of smaller exposures impacted by a significant downturn in the exported apples industry.

                  Some recoveries and write-backs recorded on legacy US Power accounts in 2005

 

Geographic Specific Provisions

 

Net Specific Provisions by size FY05

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

42



 

Non Accrual loans remain at historically low levels

 

Gross Non-Accrual Loans at historical lows*

 

New Non Accruals impacted by a small number of accounts

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 


* Gross Non-Accrual Loans to Gross Loans & Acceptances

 

43



 

New Zealand portfolio remains sound, a small number of isolated defaults

 

Risk Grade Profiles

 

[CHART]

 

                  NZ overall portfolio remains high quality, in line with Australia

                  New Zealand new Non Accruals increased with the downgrade of two medium sized accounts and a small number of accounts impacted by a downturn in the export apple & pear industry

                  Net specific provisions still slightly less than ELP

                  New Zealand investment grade lending increased in FY05

 

44



 

We are closely monitoring potential impacts of the high oil price

 

 

 

Driver

 

Current position

 

 

 

 

 

Impact of
High Oil Prices

 

The recent spike in oil prices is likely to impact on credit quality

 

ANZ’s credit quality remains in excellent shape, however we expect some additional losses as a result of the increased oil price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market information suggests some consumer spending patterns are already changing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit warnings directly attributable to higher oil prices have increased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industries with sub sectors identified as being directly at risk include; road transport, motor vehicle retailing, motor vehicle manufacturing, motor vehicle wholesaling and plastics manufacturing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other sectors indirectly impacted to lesser degrees include: retail, hospitality and tourism.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analysis suggests that sustained higher Oil Prices could have the equivalent effect of a 0.50% increase in interest rates

 

Nominal and Real Oil Price

 

[CHART]

 

Note: Oil price is West Texas Intermediate (WTI); Shaded areas denote oil price ‘shocks’.

Source: Thomson Financial Datastream; US Bureau of Labor Statistics; Economics@ANZ.

 

45



 

 

Credit quality robust in Mortgages Australia

 

                  Dynamic LVR profile reflects strong migration into lower LVR buckets compared to time of origination

                  Owner Occupied dominates the portfolio, although increased uptake of Equity products continues.

                  60+ day arrears have improved in the Sep-05 quarter.

 

Network vs Brokers 60+ day Delinquencies

 

[CHART]

 

Strong LVR profile

 

[CHART]

 

Portfolio by product – Mortgages Australia (incl Origin)

 

[CHART]

 

46



 

Inner City arrears immaterial

 

Purpose of inner city lending shifting towards Owner Occupied

 

[CHART]

 

Inner City Accounts & Exposure

 

[CHART]

 

Inner city delinquencies negligible

 

[CHART]

 

47



 

Industry exposures – Australia & New Zealand

 

Health & Community Services

 

Cultural & Recreational Services

 

Forestry & Fishing

 

 

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

Mining

 

Personal & Other Services

 

Communication Services

 

 

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

48



 

Finance - Other

 

Transport & Storage

 

Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

Finance – Banks, Building Soc etc.

 

Accommodation, Clubs, Pubs etc.

 

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

49



 

Real Estate Operators & Dev.

 

Retail Trade

 

Agriculture

 

 

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

Manufacturing

 

Wholesale Trade

 

Business Services

 

 

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

50



 

 

Divisional Performance

 

51



 

Customer satisfaction and market share has grown

 

Leading major bank customer satisfaction
(Main Financial Institution*)

 

Overtaken NAB and closing the market share gap to WBC
(share of traditional banking products)

 

 

 

 

 

Market Share Gap

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 


*Source: Roy Morgan Research – Main Financial Institution, September 2005 results preliminary only

% Satisfied (Very or Fairly Satisfied), 6 monthly moving average

 

Source: Roy Morgan Research – Traditional Banking 12 monthly average

 

52



 

Mortgages: solid FUM growth with strong performance by ANZ proprietary channels

 

Housing market continues to
deliver attractive FUM growth^ ($b)

 

ANZ channels increasing their
share of new sales flows

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 


^excludes Securitized Assets

 

Retail channels increasing
market share; Origin refocusing

 

Mortgage Solutions growing
ahead of expectations ($m)

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 


*Mortgages Retail includes mortgages sourced from ANZ’s distribution network and brokers. “Total Mortgages” includes white-labelled mortgages through Orgin

 

53



 

Banking Products: good FUM growth in Savings & Transaction accounts

 

Transaction FUM: Access accounts driving growth (A$b)

 

Savings FUM: good growth across all products (A$b)

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

 

 

Good growth in Transaction accounts

 

Deposit margins have remained
relatively stable despite competition

 

 

(index: 1H04 = 100)

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

54



 

Consumer Finance: strong growth in all products driving market share gains

 

Continued strong FUM growth

 

Delinquencies trending down
across the portfolio (90+ day arrears)

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

 

 

All card products adding economic
value (indexed annual EVA)

 

Greater than 80% of low rate
customers acquired externally

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

55



 

 

INGA: underlying business performing well

 

Note – all data based on INGA December Year End, 1H05 at Jun-05

 

 

 

Significant efficiency gains

Solid underlying profit growth

 

realised since JV formed

achieved during integration

 

(cost to income ratio^)

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

 

 

 

 

ANZ Channels driving majority

Continued strong FUM growth

 

of new sales*

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 


^ Excluding non-recurring remediation expenses

*Retail and Mezzanine Sales, 12 months to 30 June 2005

 

56



 

INGA JV: strong underlying contribution partially offset by capital investment hedge losses

 

Full year NPAT to Sept-05 increased 9% driven by:

      Funds management income increased by 5% based on higher average funds under management underpinned by strong investment markets and improved net flows

      Risk income grew 28% due to growth in in-force premiums and continued favourable claims experience

      Capital investment earnings increased by 10% but were negatively impacted by

      interest costs related to a return of shareholder capital

      Capital hedge losses (in ANZ) impact the net return on investment earnings

      Core operating cost were lower in 2005, offset by

      costs associated with remediation of past unit pricing errors

      upgrading systems and processes

      INGA currently ranks fifth in Retail FUM as measured by ASSIRT

 

Current JV Valuation

 

$m

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying value at Sep-04

 

1,697

 

 

Capital return

 

(245

)

 

Movement in Reserves

 

2

 

 

2005 Equity accounted profits

 

107

 

 

Dividend Received

 

(82

)

Carrying value at Sep-05

 

1,479

 

 

Investment Earnings partially
offset by ANZ Hedge losses

 

[CHART]

 

ANZ capital invested in
diverse portfolio

 

[CHART]

 

57



 

Institutional: strong second half momentum

 

Business performance in line

 

Lending Asset growth

with expectations (NPAT growth)

 

moderating in 2H05

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

 

 

Strong non interest income

 

Strong growth in Markets

growth delivered in 2H05

 

income: VaR remains low

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 


*continuing businesses

*97.5 confidence

 

58



 

Institutional: increased cross sell, partly offset by offshore margin pressure

 

Increased client NIACC*

 

Margin pressure driven by

evidence of improved cross sell

 

offshore markets

(index: 1H04 = 100)

 

 

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

 

 

Australian Bank with most cross-sell

 

 

  Peter Lee Associates 2005

 

 

 


*NIACC – Net Income after Cost of Capital

*continuing operations

 

59



 

New Zealand: financial performance softer than expected, but good operational momentum

 

Strong performance in NBNZ Retail, Corporate and Rural, whilst
ANZ Retail, Institutional and UDC reposition*

 

[CHART]

 

ANZ Retail

 

      Improved volume growth

      Customer Satisfaction at 7 year high

      Ongoing investment in brand & people

      2 new branches

      Restructuring of fee income

      Margin pressure in mortgages

 

NBNZ Retail

 

      Strong volume growth in both business and personal

      Mortgages market share of growth held

      2 new branches

      Margin pressure

      Above market deposit growth

 

Corporate

 

      Strong lending and deposit growth supported by stable margins

      Stronger fee growth in second half

      Increased market share

 

Rural

 

      Good lending and deposit growth

      Stable margins

      Fee income stronger in second half

      Disciplined cost control

 

Institutional

 

      Strong deposit & lending growth, offset by margin contraction

      #1 Lead Bank, increased market share and service ratings

      NZ$14.5m reduction in NPAT from structured transactions

      Increased cross-sell and non interest income

 

UDC

 

      Slower volume growth due to changes away from the franchisee model and competitive pressure

      Significant competitive pressure impacting margins

 


*growth numbers normalised for NBNZ

 

60



 

Both NZ retail brands continue to hold market share & improve customer satisfaction

 

Stabilising mortgages position*

 

Household deposits share

(share of new mortgage registration by number)

 

stable at ~37%**

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

 

 

Continue to maintain share

 

Customer satisfaction continues

of customers

 

to improve in both brands#

(ANZN number of Main Bank Personal

 

 

customers ‘000)

 

 

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 


Sources – *Terralink International Ltd, NZ
**RBNZ Aggregate SSR & ANZN SSR

#Source: ACNielsen© Consumer Finance Monitor. Major banks only; rolling 4 quarter average percentage of customers rating their main bank as ‘Excellent’ or ‘Very good’ in response to the question ‘How would you rate your (main) provider of financial services on its overall service?’

 

61



 

NBNZ integration on track

 

NZ$m

 

2004

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

Total Integration costs

 

49

 

139

 

52

 

0

 

Incremental Integration Opex

 

29

 

85

 

Likely to be approximately

      10% costs capitalised,

      5% covered by restructuring provision, and;

      20% from existing resources

 

Cost synergies

 

6

 

33

 

39

 

58

 

Revenue synergies

 

1

 

26

 

47

 

53

 

Attrition

 

20

 

33

 

34

 

34

 

 

      No material change to forecast integration costs and benefits

      Full impact to satisfy regulatory requirements under ANZ National Bank’s Conditions of Registration have been assessed and along with higher program management costs will increase total integration costs from NZ$220m to NZ$240m

      Outsourcing Policy changes have recently been announced by RBNZ – impact under consideration, but likely to provide more flexibility in outsourcing processes and systems

      Integration to be virtually finalised by end of 2005

      2005 integration tasks completed include

      New IT infrastructure established to support systems migrating from Australia

      Successful migrations to single integrated core systems for general ledger, procurement, property and HR/payroll

      Commenced migrations to ANZ Group systems in Institutional, Corporate and Commercial

 

62



 

New Zealand structured finance transactions

 

      IRD audit focused on so called “conduit” transactions

      Notices of Proposed Adjustment and assessments received as expected

      Net potential liability on all similar transactions $NZ308m*

      Legislative change to ‘thin cap’ rules in NZ will make these transactions economically unviable after 2005

      No new conduit transactions entered into in over 2 years

      Conduit transactions have been exited during 2H05

      More capital now held in NZ – negligible profit impact. Franking impact limited by redirecting UK capital to NZ

 


* including interest which is tax effected, up to 30 September 2005 and net of Lloyds indemnity

 

NPAT from NZ Structured
Finance Transactions –
significant runoff in FY06

 

[CHART]

 

63



 

Corporate: Strong performance for Corporate Banking, significant investment in Small Business

 

Corporate Banking – good

 

Strong credit quality driving

revenue and cost momentum

 

low specific provisions

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

 

 

Significant increase in WSTMS*

 

Small Business – investment and

deal flow in 2005

 

focus driving lending growth

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 


*Wall St to Main St

 

64



 

Business Banking: growth has moderated, fundamentals remain sound

 

      Business Banking balance sheet growth has moderated, reflecting:

      slowdown in property related lending

      increased competition in the market; margins have remained relatively stable

      steady new lending volumes (with around one third due to new customers), but

      higher amortisation due to the strong cash performance of the segment (also reflects in excellent credit quality)

      Modest market share gain during the year; retained highest customer satisfaction and lowest likelihood to switch as measured by independent research

 

Excellent credit quality and
low Specific Provisions

 

[CHART]

 

Balance Sheet growth has moderated

 

[CHART]

 

Margins remain stable for core lending
and deposit products (index: 1H04 = 100)

 

[CHART]

 

65



 

Esanda & UDC: good growth in Australia, NZ impacted by restructure

 

Strong NPAT growth in

 

Solid Revenue growth and continued

Australia, flat in NZ

 

cost discipline driving CTI below 40%

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

 

 

New Business Writings growth driven by

 

Debentures & Online Saver continue

Australia, NZ impacted by restructure

 

to grow supporting asset growth

 

 

 

[CHART]

 

[CHART]

 

66



 

Asia: good underlying performance

 

ANZ Asian Network

 

      Excluding Treasury NPAT grew 23%

      Return to balance sheet growth following de-risking, lending up 10% yoy, deposits up 12% yoy

      Good momentum in Institutional businesses, Markets, Trade and Corporate & Structured Financing

      Continuing to add product specialists and increased focus on personal banking products in 2006

 

Good NPAT momentum in core business* (A$m)

 

[CHART]

 


*excludes Treasury

 

Retail Partnerships

 

      NPAT down 22% yoy driven by FY04 Panin one-offs not repeated in FY05, and costs of establishing new partnerships eg Cambodia

      Cards continues to perform well with a 22% increase in NPAT(1)

      New partnerships established:

      Vietnam (SacomBank)

      Cambodia (ANZ Royal)

      Discussions ongoing with two potential Chinese partners

 

Credit Card JV’s
performing well

(# card accounts ‘000)

 

[CHART]

 

Panin Partnership

 

      Strong underlying growth in Consumer and SME; outlook still positive

      Provisioning, tax and other equity accounting adjustments in 2004 not repeated in 2005

      Recent interest rate rises are likely to impact market growth and put pressure on margins

      Book value of $143m against market value of $249m at Sep-05

 

Strong underlying
earnings momentum
(A$m)

 

[CHART]

 

67



 

Pacific: strong performance across the region

 

      NPAT up 17% on FY04, driven by:

      Lending growth of 23% pcp (12% hoh)

      Deposits growth of 20% pcp (14% hoh)

      Good momentum across the Pacific underlined by:

      Strong staff engagement of 68%, well above Group

      Increased sales focus and training

      Implementation of regional specialists eg Tourism sector

      Strong community investment eg Banking the Unbanked in Fiji, Alliance with PNG Post

      Small in-fill acquisitions a possibility to increase footprint

 

Continued strong balance sheet
growth across the region

 

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Strong NPAT growth (A$m)

 

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Leading staff engagement
driving performance

 

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Good progress on corporate responsibility agenda

 

      “Community Involvement” No.2 value evident in ANZ’s culture according to our staff (Customer Focus was number 1)

      Ranked in the top 10 of top 10% of banks globally on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index

      100% for community management practice on Corporate Responsibility Index

      Member of FTSE4Good Global Index

      A+ on Reputex Social Responsibility ratings

 

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Community investment strategy is leading practice

 

Increasing the financial literacy and inclusion of adult Australians, particularly the most vulnerable

 

MoneyMinded

 

                  Financial education program for adults facing financial difficulty, delivered by community partners and financial councillors Australia-wide.

                  More than 400 facilitators trained to deliver the program and more than 3,500 consumers have participated so far. Our aim is to reach 100,000 consumers over the next five years.

                  Victorian State Government is funding the adaptation of MoneyMinded for the Iraqi community in Shepparton

 

Saver Plus

 

                  Assisting low-income families to develop a long-term savings habit, improve their financial knowledge and save for their children’s education.

                  ANZ matches the savings of participants in the program up $2000 per person.

                  ANZ provided $481,000 in matched savings to 257 participants in 2004 and, at the end of September, a further 453 families had saved $384,703 to be matched by ANZ.

 

Financial Inclusion

 

                  ANZ and the Aus Government launched MoneyBusiness – a program to build the money skills and confidence of Indigenous Australians.

                  We will contribute $1m over three years to adapt MoneyMinded for Indigenous communities, introduce SaverPlus to reach 300 Indigenous families, and work with the Government to develop a strategy for delivery of MoneyBusiness nationally by May 2006.

 

Opportunities for our people to engage with their local communities and support causes that are important to them

 

ANZ Volunteers

 

                  8 hours paid volunteer leave for staff.

                  18% of Australian staff contributed 24,000 hours, valued at 1.18 million to community organisations in 05. This included 600 staff who gave 4,200+ volunteer hours to Tsunami relief efforts.

                  ANZ will provide the entire Volunteer network required to support the inaugural Australian Comic Relief for Oxfam Community Aid Abroad.

                  ANZ’s program is amongst the leaders globally; the average corporate volunteering participation rate is 8.5%

 

Community Giving

 

                  Our workplace giving program, supports more than 18 community organisations that were selected to reflect the causes that are important to our staff.

                  28% of Australian staff participated in this program over 05, principally through our contribution to Tsunami appeals; the average participation rate in similar schemes at large organisations is 3-4%.

                  $1m in total from staff donations and matched funds from ANZ contributed to World Vision’s Tsunami relief efforts.

 

ANZ Community Fund

 

                  Empowering branch staff with resources to fund community projects in their local markets.

                  ‘Grass roots’ business and community partnerships.

                  We achieved our target to invest a further $350,000 in these partnerships in 2005.

 

 

                  ANZ invested $8.26 million in community initiatives during its 2004-05 financial year, including almost $2.37 million in its financial literacy and inclusion programs which have directly benefited thousands of Australians.

                  The measurement of ANZ’s community contributions follows an assessment by the London Benchmarking Group (LBG) whose benchmarking model is the emerging standard for measuring corporate community investment programs and is used by almost 100 leading international companies. ANZ is the first Australian company to have its community investments assured based on the LBG methodology.

 

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People strategy has created the most engaged workforce of major banks

 

Building a vibrant, energetic and high-performing culture, where ANZ’s values guide our actions and decisions

 

Cultural Transformation

 

                  5-year focus on cultural transformation and values-based decision making. 20,000+ staff have participated in Breakout workshops. Target to reach 7,000 frontline staff by end of 2006. Breakout “recharge” launched with a focus on enhancing teamwork and collaboration.

                  Staff satisfaction up from 50% in 2000 to 85% in 2004 across 32,000 staff. Staff engagement at 63% is ahead of our major bank peers and participating large companies (ASX Top 20).

                  In 2004/5, staff cited the most visible cultural values as “customer focus” and “community involvement”.

                  Performance management and rewards aligned with outcomes and behaviours.

 

Attracting and Nurturing Talent

 

                  Attractive benefits including flexible pay options for all staff, share ownership, salary sacrifice for laptops, PCs@home, discounted medical insurance and ANZ products and services.

                  Development plans for all staff. Innovative programs to identify, nurture and fast-track high potential people from graduates through to senior executives.

                  Added 3,000 mostly customer-facing staff in the past 18 months.

                  Largest graduate recruitment intake of publicly-listed companies.

 

Flexibility for a Diverse Workforce

 

                  12 weeks paid parental leave, with no minimum service requirement.

                  Guaranteed part-time employment for staff over 55, and a Career Extensions program offering flexible options for mature-aged staff.

                  Partnership with ABC Learning Centres offering childcare services, with five centres open around Australia

                  Flexible leave options including lifestyle leave which enables staff to take up to an additional four weeks’ leave for any purpose and career breaks of up to five years.

 

Employee Well-being

 

                  Upgraded occupational health and safety policy and system.

                  Ongoing facilities improvement programs including $130 million branch refurbishment and upgrade, particularly in NSW.

                  Lost time injury frequency rate continues to decrease and is best amongst our peer group.

                  Free, comprehensive health checks for all staff and on-line health information service.

                  Free employee assistance counselling services.

                  Extensive financial literacy program for staff, including financial fitness sessions rolled out to staff Australia-wide.

 

 

                  Most engaged workforce of all major companies in Australia (Hewitt Employee Engagement Survey)

                  Recognised as the Leading Australian Organisation for the Advancement of Women (for organisations of more than 500 employees) by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) Business Achievement Awards. (September 05)

                  Recognised for leadership and excellence in diversity for Employment and Inclusion of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Australians in the Diversity@work annual awards. (October 05)

 

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Integrating environmental and social considerations into our business practices

 

Demonstrating business leadership by integrating environmental and social considerations into our business practices, decisions & behaviors

 

Institutional & Corporate Sustainability

 

                  An environmental and social issues screen of clients and transactions is being rolled out across Institutional. This allows key risks to be identified and addressed in the credit process. Where issues are identified, mitigation measures must be in place.

                  Formal processes in place to ensure more effective integration of environmental and social considerations in lending policies and decision-making principles, for example our Institutional and Corporate Sustainability unit now forms part of, and provides advice to, our Institutional Client Relationship Group.

                  A program to build broad staff awareness and understanding of the business rationale for environmental and social issues screening has been developed and will be implemented by December 05.

 

Operational Environmental Footprint

 

                  Programs and targets in place to reduce the impact of our operations on the environment. These include a focus on:

                  Reducing electricity consumption.

                  Reducing office paper consumption.

                  Increasing recycling and reducing waste to landfill.

                  Implementing our Sustainability Procurement policy to address environmental risks and opportunities in our supply chain.

                  New Group Environment Charter setting higher performance standards introduced in July 05

 

New Products and Services

 

                  Updated Environment Charter commits ANZ to provide new products and services designed to help our customers and clients improve their environmental performance.

                  ANZ Markets has established trading capability for Renewable Energy Certificates and is the first bank to be transacting Gas Abatement Certificates.

                  ANZ has joined a number of consortia (with BP Solar) and submitted expressions of interest to the Australian Government’s Solar Cities Program (subsidies and grants).

                  We are investing in a number of biodiesel production facilities in Australia and New Zealand within our diversified energy vehicle, the Energy Infrastructure Trust.

 

 

                  ANZ is a signatory to the UNEP Finance Initiative Statement and participates in a number of its local work programs coordinated by the Victoria EPA.

 

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Summary of forecasts – Australia (bank year)

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

GDP

 

2.3

 

3.4

 

3.7

 

Inflation

 

3.2

 

2.1

 

2.1

 

Unemployment

 

5.1

 

5.1

 

5.0

 

Cash rate

 

5.50

 

5.50

 

5.75

 

10 year bonds

 

5.4

 

5.3

 

5.5

 

$A/$US

 

0.76

 

0.68

 

0.76

 

$A/$NZ

 

1.09

 

1.15

 

1.27

 

Credit

 

13.3

 

10.9

 

10.5

 

  Housing

 

13.4

 

13.3

 

12.2

 

  Business

 

13.1

 

8.5

 

8.7

 

  Other

 

13.7

 

6.3

 

6.1

 

 

All Forecasts for Sept bank year

 

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Summary of forecasts – New Zealand (bank year)

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

GDP

 

2.7

 

1.9

 

2.6

 

Inflation

 

3.4

 

3.2

 

1.7

 

Unemployment

 

3.6

 

4.4

 

4.7

 

Cash rate

 

6.75

 

6.75

 

6.00

 

10 year bonds

 

5.7

 

6.0

 

6.1

 

$NZ/$US

 

0.70

 

0.59

 

0.60

 

Credit

 

16.1

 

9.9

 

7.3

 

  Housing

 

15.8

 

10.0

 

8.2

 

  Business

 

20.0

 

9.9

 

6.2

 

  Other

 

7.5

 

7.4

 

7.2

 

 

All Forecasts for Sept bank year

 

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The material in this presentation is general background information about the Bank’s activities current at the date of the presentation.  It is information given in summary form and does not purport to be complete.  It is not intended to be relied upon as advice to investors or potential investors and does not take into account the investment objectives, financial situation or needs of any particular investor.  These should be considered, with or without professional advice when deciding if an investment is appropriate.

 

For further information visit

 

www.anz.com

 

or contact

 

Stephen Higgins

Head of Investor Relations

 

ph: (613) 9273 4185   fax: (613) 9273 4091   e-mail: higgins@anz.com

 

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There can be no assurance that actual outcomes will not differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in the Form 6-K.

 

Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Australia and New Zealand

 

Banking Group Limited

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

By:

  /s/ John Priestley

 

 

John Priestley

 

 

 

 

 

Date 08 November 2005