<div>Westpac's third-quarter stressed assets rise</div> <!-- no image --> <div>Australia's Westpac Banking Corp said on Monday its stressed assets rose in the third quarter, as regulators relaxed mortgage lending rules to boost volumes and offer a leg up to the economy.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=WRAjmqJbUX4:lWbkGZGrTjk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=WRAjmqJbUX4:lWbkGZGrTjk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=WRAjmqJbUX4:lWbkGZGrTjk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=WRAjmqJbUX4:lWbkGZGrTjk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=WRAjmqJbUX4:lWbkGZGrTjk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/WRAjmqJbUX4" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters