MELBOURNE (Standard&Poor's) Aug. 17, 2012— Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that its 'AA-/A-1+' issuer credit ratings on Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) are unchanged following ANZ's 2012 Quarter 3 Trading Update. Our outlook on ANZ is stable. Standard&Poor's believes that ANZ's performance for its fiscal year to June 30, 2012, was in-line with rating expectations considering ANZ's strong 'AA-' credit profile, by domestic and international standards. We continue to view ANZ's credit rating as being supported by the bank's "strong" business position; "adequate" risk position and capitalization and earnings; "average" funding; and high systemic importance to the Australian banking sector. Our outlook for ANZ is stable. Our most likely forward scenario