Howard Atkins

The U.S. is fully an attractive place to invest; it's the safest country.

The U.S. is fully an attractive place to invest; it's the safest country.

The decline may also be the first sign of companies using their cash balances to grow their businesses, which is read more

The decline may also be the first sign of companies using their cash balances to grow their businesses, which is consistent with the small business loan growth we continued to experience.

We had solid, broad-based and, in many businesses, accelerating revenue growth, with revenue in businesses other than home mortgage up read more

We had solid, broad-based and, in many businesses, accelerating revenue growth, with revenue in businesses other than home mortgage up a combined 17 per cent from a year ago.

We would like to do more acquisitions within our geographic footprint. We think those make sense at the right price, read more

We would like to do more acquisitions within our geographic footprint. We think those make sense at the right price, but frankly we're not going to do those if they don't make sense from a price point of view.

We decided two years ago, given the burgeoning and growing demand for U.S. corporate bonds, to tap into that and read more

We decided two years ago, given the burgeoning and growing demand for U.S. corporate bonds, to tap into that and diversify our funding base.