WBC News: Australia's Westpac flags H2 margin pressure, drops cost target - 8th May 2023, 8:21am

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By Roushni Nair

(Reuters) -Australia's Westpac Banking Corp on Monday warned of "intense" mortgage competition pressuring its margins in the current half, and said it was dropping a cost target to instead focus on relative peer performance because of high inflation.

Westpac, which previously benefited from a bold cost-cutting strategy, disclosed plans to move away from an absolute expense target and to focus more on improving its expense-to-income ratio in comparison to its peers.

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