The head of the country’s biggest bank ANZ expects its margins - a key measure of profitability - have peaked and will decline from here, as more profits go out the door to customers through higher paying deposit savings rates.
Antonia Watson told Markets with Madison the bank’s margins had expanded over the past year by 21 per cent, but that would be short-lived as savers chased higher returns.
“It tends to get wittled away and so I suspect we’ve seen the peak now.
“We’d hate to see it fall off a cliff because we want strong, stable banks ... But, I feel like there’s probably more tailwind on margins now.”