Monsanto ( MON ) awards a potentially lucrative contract to distribute its crop protection products in Australia and New Zealand to China's Sinochem, a day after terminating a decade-long deal with Nufarm ( NUFMF.PK ). Sinochem already sells MON's Roundup brand in China and the Philippines. ... HONG KONG/SYDNEY, October 11 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings said Australia and New Zealand structured finance (SF) saw stable asset performance in Q312, with 114 affirmation and two upgrades across 37 transactions. There were no downgrades during the quarter. ANZ's Asian growth aspirations make it an interesting alternative to slower-growing domestic banks. By Spencer Osborne : Pandora ( P ) has announced that for the first time it will offer up its services outside the United States . The chosen countries are Australia and New Zealand. While expansion for Pandora may seem counter-intuitive given that it has an issue reporting a profit, this move may ... NAB is Australia's biggest business bank, with significant operations in New Zealand and the UK. For Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, there were no major surprises in the three months to 31 December 2012 (first quarter fiscal 2013) with the unaudited cash NPAT increasing an impressive 6.3% to AUD 1.53 billion from AUD 1.44 billion in first quarter fiscal 2012. First-quarter earnings ... CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand said on Monday they could link their carbon trading schemes as soon as 2015, immediately after Australia's government moved from a fixed carbon tax to... SHANGHAI, April 8 (Reuters) - China has authorised Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) and Westpac Banking Corporation to be market makers for direct trading of China's yuan and the Australian dollar, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Monday. A revamp of the Australian banking distribution network is required to keep up with a rapidly growing and evolving banking market. The AUD 1.5 billion upgrade to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group's (ANZ) Australian retail distribution and product capability is focused on improving mobile ... SYDNEY, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand Banking group and Commonwealth Bank of Australia are considering bidding for parts of Royal Bank of Scotland's Australian unit, two sources with...