Westpac today announced that their full year cash profit was $7.82 billion, up 3% for the year. CEO Brian Hartzer commented on the bank’s capital position saying that the $6 billion of new capital Westpac has raised this year has increased its capital levels significantly. The Murray report in financial services recommended that Australia’s banks needed to be “unquestionably strong” and Mr Hartzer said, "The capital raised responds to regulatory...