WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS IN AUSTRALASIA 2012




GLOBAL FINANCE

names theWorld’s Safest Banks 2012 inAustralasia

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NEW YORK, August 16, 2012


Global Finance

magazine (

GF

mag.com) has namedthe

Safest Banks in Australasia

in an exclusive survey to be published in theOctober 2012 issue. Winners were selected through an evaluation oflong-term credit ratingsfrom Moodys, Standard & Poors and Fitchand total assets of the 500 largest banksworldwide.

For the first time this year, a bank from New Zealand made it onto


Global Finance

s

World’s 50 Safest Banks list, and the regional list below, because their assets qualified them as one of the 500 largest banks in the world.

The full report evaluates the safest banks in Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe,Asia, the Middle East, North America, Latin America and Australasia.

“More than ever, customers around the world are viewing long-term creditworthiness asthe key feature of the banks with which they do business,” says Joseph D. Giarraputo,publisher of

Global Finance

. “These banks have solid capital positions and superior riskmanagement capabilities.”

For editorial information please contact: Andrea Fiano, Editor, email:

afiano@gfmag.com

1.


National Australia Bank


(Australia)

6.


Suncorp-Metway


(Australia)

2.


Commonwealth Bank of Australia


(Australia)

7.


Bendigo and Adelaide Bank


(Australia)

3.



Westpac


(Australia)

8.


Macquarie Group


(Australia)

4.


Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ)


(Australia)

9.


Bank of Queensland


(Australia)

5.


Kiwibank


(New Zealand)

PR date:

Global Finance

Magazine August 16, 2012 / Ratings current as of July 30, 2012

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