Original article by Clancy Yeates
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 & 17 : 6-Nov-15
The Commonwealth Bank has posted an unaudited profit of $A2.4bn for the September 2015 quarter, which is four per cent higher year-on-year. The major bank’s trading update also indicated that its exposure to impaired and doubtful loans fell from $A6bn to $A5.5bn during the period, while deposits accounted for 63 per cent of its funding. The group’s tier one capital ratio rose to 9.8 per cent during the quarter following a $A5.1bn equity raising.
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