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BNZ chief executive moves back to NAB

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... spent 11 years at NAB, most recently as chief customer officer, business & private banking. Mentis spent over a decade at Westpac Institutional Bank and was global head of structured investments and head of syndication and agency. "I look forward to ...

AUSIEX hires head of risk from BTFG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
AUSIEX has appointed a new risk and compliance expert who came from major institutions such as Westpac and Commonwealth Bank. The wholesale trading platform appointed Paul Williams as head of risk and compliance after finishing up at BT Financial Group. ...

Economic recap: Week to August 13

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... given the results of the more up-to-date consumer sentiment survey. Conducted in the week from 2 August to 7 August, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell by 4.4% to a reading of 104.1 in August from 108.8 in July. This is ...

Westpac sells life insurance unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
Westpac has agreed to offload its life insurance business to TAL Dai-ichi Life Australia for about $900 million. Westpac is due to make a $1.3 billion post-tax loss from the sale. The cash consideration of $900 million includes ongoing payments to Westpac ...

Top franked stock picks: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... released its shortlist of the top 10 equities for income. The stocks are Aurizon Holdings, Perpetual, Link Group, GWA Group, Westpac, APA Group, Telstra, Magellan Financial, Dexus and Medibank Private. Aurizon Holdings, Morningstar said, is trading at ...

Westpac tops fee-for-no-service misconduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
Westpac tops the charts for fee-for-no-service misconduct at $578.4 million, according to the corporate regulator. More than 71,400 Westpac customers have been affected by its failings to provide ongoing financial advice services that was promised. ...

AMP hires in support of advisers, brokers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
... distribution at MyState Bank, and prior to that, chief executive at The Rock Building Society. He has also held roles at Westpac, RAMS and GE Money. Herbert starts in the role today and will be based in Brisbane. Herbert will be focused on driving continued ...

Six new ombudsmen at AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... three of which came from the financial services sector. ANZ head of legal, dispute resolution group Louise McAuliffe, and Westpac practice leader for business lending legal James Taylor will join AFCA's banking and finance unit as ombudsmen. They both ...

BTFM, Asgard Capital fined $3m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... providing customers with statements which did not show that ongoing adviser fees continued to be deducted. Parent company Westpac agreed to pay the civil penalties for BT and Asgard. Pointing to Asgard, the court said it "breached its obligation to do ...

Westpac appoints director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
Westpac has named a renowned philanthropist as its latest non-executive director. Audette Exel is the chair and founder of international non-government organisation Adara Group. The group's focus is on improving health and education for women, children ...