MELBOURNE (Standard&Poor's) Aug. 16, 2013--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ; AA-/Stable/A-1+) is likely to be on track for strong earnings in 2013, following an announcement by the bank today of its third-quarter trading update for the nine months to June 30, 2013. We retain our current view following the announcement that ANZ's already-strong ratings by international standards are unlikely to change in the medium term. Key highlights in the bank's release included an 11% increase in cash profit for its June 30 fiscal year-to-date (compared with the similar prior period last year), customer deposit growth of 12% outstripping net lending asset growth of 8% (compared with the similar
