ANZ Bank is looking to double its current annual profit to almost $8 billion over the next five years, but has ruled out a major acquisition in Asia to help achieve its newly unveiled and ambitious target.

After initially floating the possibility of buying a large financial institution to create his proposed super regional bank, ANZ's chief executive, Michael Smith, said yesterday that much of the $4 billion earnings growth would instead come from Australia and its existing Asian operations.


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ANZ银行正在寻求双重其目前的年利润近80亿美元，在未来五年内，但已排除了一个重大的收购，在亚洲，以帮助实现其新近推出了雄心勃勃的目标。

经过最初浮动的可能性，购买大型金融机构，以创造他提出的超级地区性银行，澳纽银行的首席执行官迈克尔史密斯昨天说，大部分的40亿美元收入的增长反而是来自澳大利亚和其现有的亚洲业务。


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