Bloomberg National Australia Bank Ltd., the nation’s third-largest by assets, posted a 4 percent increase in full-year cash earnings on its domestic banking and wealth management businesses. Unaudited cash profit, which excludes one-time items, rose to A$6.48 billion ($4.96 billion) in the year ended Sept. 30, from A$5.84 billion a year earlier, the Melbourne-based lender said on Thursday in …

  Bloomberg Lloyds Banking Group Plc, Britain’s largest mortgage lender, said it expects to maintain lending margins next year and reassured investors on its outlook for dividends. The bank’s net interest margin should hold steady around 2.7 percent in 2017 even as the Bank of England keeps interest rates at record-low levels, and the firm will generate enough capital to …

  Bloomberg Nomura Holdings Inc.’s second-quarter profit jumped 31 percent, beating analysts’ estimates as a surge in trading income made up for a slump in brokerage commissions and investment banking. Net income climbed to 61.2 billion yen ($585 million) in the three months ended Sept. 30 from 46.6 billion yen a year earlier, Japan’s largest securities firm said in a …