CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 84% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

ANZ net profit surges on credit provisioning reversals

By Debabrata Das

02:39, 28 October 2021

ANZ ATMs in Sydney
ANZ ATMs in Sydney - Photo: Shutterstock

Reversals of Covid-19 credit provisions helped the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) report a 65% surge in its cash profit for the year ended 30 September.

ANZ’s cash profit for the year came in at AUD6.20bn ($4.66bn) as compared with AUD3.76bn in the same quarter last year.

The cash profit was helped by a net release of AUD567m of collective provisions. “In general, our customers continued to manage well through the pandemic, leading to a low individually assessed provision (IP) charge for the full year. Disciplined focus on strategy and customer selection in Institutional has contributed to this strong result, as has the continued impact of government and bank support packages,” ANZ said in a statement on Thursday.

Capital strength increases 

The impressive performance helped improve ANZ’s common equity tier 1 capital ratio, the most important measure of a bank’s financial health, to 12.3%, roughly AUD6bn above the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority’s “Unquestionably Strong” benchmark.

As a result of its healthy financial position and improving conditions, the board announced a final dividend of AUD0.72 per share, taking the total dividend for the year up to AUD1.42 per share. ANZ had also started a AUD1.5bn share buyback programme in August this year.

“This year demonstrated the benefits of our diversified…We managed our business against the backdrop of Covid-19…While we benefitted from a more benign credit environment, indicators such as 90+ days past due and deferrals performed better than expected and reflected our prudent management over many years. We recognise the outlook remains somewhat uncertain and we have more than AUD4bn of credit reserves should conditions deteriorate,” ANZ’s CEO Shayne Elliott.

What is your sentiment on AU200?

7223.0
Bullish
or
Bearish
Vote to see Traders sentiment!

ANZ shares up

Following the announcement, ANZ’s shares were up 0.81% on the ASX at AUD28.62.

BTC/USD

27,087.80 Price
-0.040% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
Overnight fee time 21:00 (UTC)
Spread 60.00

Gold

1,948.36 Price
-1.480% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0185%
Short position overnight fee 0.0103%
Overnight fee time 21:00 (UTC)
Spread 0.30

US100

14,557.80 Price
+0.640% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0255%
Short position overnight fee 0.0032%
Overnight fee time 21:00 (UTC)
Spread 3.0

Oil - Crude

71.98 Price
+2.450% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0201%
Short position overnight fee -0.0018%
Overnight fee time 21:00 (UTC)
Spread 0.04

Read more: ANZ launches ARead more: ANZ launches A$1.5bn share buyback, others to follow suit.5bn share buyback, others to follow suit

The difference between stocks and CFDs

The main difference between CFD trading and stock trading is that you don’t own the underlying stock when you trade on an individual stock CFD.

With CFDs, you never actually buy or sell the underlying asset that you’ve chosen to trade. You can still benefit if the market moves in your favour or make a loss if it moves against you. However, with traditional stock trading you enter a contract to exchange the legal ownership of the individual shares for money, and you own this equity.

CFDs are leveraged products, which means that you only need to deposit a percentage of the full value of the CFD trade to open a position. But with traditional stock trading, you buy the shares for the full amount. In the UK, there is no stamp duty on CFD trading, but there is when you buy stocks.

CFDs attract overnight costs to hold the trades, (unless you use 1-1 leverage) which makes them more suited to short-term trading opportunities. Stocks are more normally bought and held for longer. You might also pay a stockbroker commission or fees when buying and selling stocks.

Markets in this article

AU200
Australia 200
7223.0 USD
60 +0.840%
AU200
Australia 200
7223.0 USD
60 +0.840%
AU200
Australia 200
7223.0 USD
60 +0.840%
AU200
Australia 200
7223.0 USD
60 +0.840%
AU200
Australia 200
7223.0 USD
60 +0.840%

Rate this article

Capital Com is an execution-only service provider. The material provided on this website is for information purposes only and should not be understood as an investment advice. Any opinion that may be provided on this page does not constitute a recommendation by Capital Com or its agents. We do not make any representations or warranty on the accuracy or completeness of the information that is provided on this page. If you rely on the information on this page then you do so entirely on your own risk.

Still looking for a broker you can trust?

Join the 535.000+ traders worldwide that chose to trade with Capital.com

1. Create & verify your account 2. Make your first deposit 3. You’re all set. Start trading