The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper

READ NOW

Investment

Westpac profit jumps 138%

BY KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021 12:22PM

Westpac reported a whopping 138% jump in statutory profit to $5.5 billion in its full-year September 2021 results.

Upgrade your subscription to access this article

And gain access to:

All website content, including archived news
Home page news customisation
Tech Zone, your technical resource library

And more

Already A Subscriber?

UPGRADE SUBSCRIPTION

Related News

►	Netwealth tightens trustee oversight with new hire
►	ASIC boasts $830m record civil penalties
►	ASIC fines Deutsche Bank for 'systemic' reporting failures
►	Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay
►	TCorp chief investment officer retires
►	Treasury looks to reform regulation on consulting firms
►	KPMG details action plan to address whistleblower probe
►	Stablecoin to reshape financial services workforce
►	BT appoints new head of strategy
►	Raiz names new chief executive

Editor's Choice

AustralianSuper ups admin fees

KARREN VERGARA

The $430 billion superannuation fund is increasing its administration fees for the first time since 2022.

Advice complaints see biggest increase in FY26: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI

Despite only accounting for less than 10% of the total complaints lodged, investment and advice complaints have seen the steepest increase in FY26, data from AFCA shows.

BUSSQ ups insurance cover, costs

ELIZA BAVIN

BUSSQ members will see the cost of their death and TPD cover increase as the fund increases the level of default cover.

Apostle names new head of distribution

MATTHEW WAI

Apostle Funds Management has named a new head of distribution shortly after securing its chief executive.

Videos

Brought to you by

Reframing financial advice

Product showcase: A guaranteed future

Calm in the chaos

MAX: Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence Awards | Highlights 2026

MORE VIDEOS

Products

'Guide To' Series

Pocket investment guides featuring adviser case studies and a glossary.

MORE INFO

Publisher's Forum

Investing trends and strategies from the industry’s thought leaders.

MORE INFO

Product Showcases

Putting the spotlight on investment products that matter.

MORE INFO

Expert Feed

Christian Mueller-Glissmann

Head of Asset Allocation Research

Goldman Sachs

When geopolitics becomes a portfolio risk

Geopolitics is back - again - and Australian investors can no longer treat it as distant background noise.

READ MORE

Tania Milnes

General Manager Membership

Financial Advice Association Australia

Does association membership still matter?

With all the changes the advice sector has experienced in recent years, such as regulatory reform and increased education and professional standards ...

READ MORE

Effie Dimitropoulos

Chief executive

AUDD

Digital assets and where they stand in 2026

So far in 2026 digital assets have captured the headlines largely for the wrong reasons, but that doesn't tell the full story.

READ MORE

Jessica Sclafani

Global retirement strategist

T. Rowe Price

Rethinking default design in a changing market environment

The evolution underway in the US DC system highlights the value of periodically reassessing default design assumptions.

READ MORE

Industry Events

MORE INDUSTRY EVENTS

AUG

Power50

Featured Profile

MORE PROFILES

Hugh Killen

MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY LIMITED

For Hugh Killen, several life lessons came from spending time on pastoral properties stretching across northern New South Wales and South-West Queensland.

READ MORE