MS sees some upside to margins for Australian banks once RBA cuts rates in 2025
** Analysts at Morgan Stanley expect some upside to net interest margins for Australian banks if the central bank starts cutting cash rates in 2025
** Brokerage sees opportunity for banks to re-price deposits once the Reserve Bank of Australia begins easing monetary policy
** Says deposit competition has been benign this year, but the impact on margins in the medium term remains hard to predict
** Materially better funding mix and modest mortgage growth prospects leave the major Australian banks in a better position to manage deposit pricing than in the past - Morgan Stanley
** Adds that it now expects that RBA rate cuts will provide banks with an opportunity to improve spreads on rate-sensitive deposits
** Sees size of provision releases, ongoing capital management initiatives, credit quality trends and volume growth to influence the share prices of major Aussie banks in 2024-25
Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru
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