Azib Khan's questions to WESTPAC BANKING (WEBNF) leadership • Q1 2022
Question
Azib Khan of E&P Financial Group inquired whether the investor home lending and business lending portfolios were still growing below the system average and when they might return to system-level growth.
Answer
CEO Peter Francis King noted that after adjusting for the sale of the Auto Finance business, overall business lending growth was around the market average, driven by institutional and commercial banking. He acknowledged that investor home lending growth was below that of owner-occupied loans and that SME lending is an area for improvement.