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Tobacco-free portfolios divide investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... Management, Bennelong Funds Management, Colonial First State, Crescent Wealth, Magellan Asset Management, Natixis, Robeco and Westpac. This week we ask whether you're confident with your cybersecurity protection. View this week's poll here.

Diversity is the answer to war for talent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... work." "Second, I'm also researching women working in hypermasculine professions, including investment management." At Westpac, Samantha Turner, group head of inclusion & diversity, said that the bank has focused on supporting more women in senior ...

Advice dealer group takes out governance award

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... and businesses who embrace the challenge of embedding compliance, risk, ethics and governance in their organisation." Westpac, NAB, ANZ, AMP, Commonwealth Bank, AIA and Thomson Reuters are principle members of the institute. Elders has just joined IOOF ...

AMP, banks respond to RC interim report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... committed to ensuring that our ongoing engagement with ASIC and other regulators is forthright and honest." His counterpart at Westpac, chief executive Brian Hartzer said the report marked a significant step in the Royal Commission process. "We're reviewing ...

Banking remuneration practices to blame for misconduct

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... away from sales-driven targets and placed more emphasis on how staff performed in terms of client service and compliance. Westpac has also moved from variable remuneration driven mainly by financial goals to variable rewards based on how staff met behavioural ...

Finding value in Fairfax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... this morning, Auscap head of distribution Lee Hopperton provided delegates with insight as to what the absolute return manager is currently holding. With about 20% of its portfolio in consumer discretionary stocks, Hopperton said a significant proportion ...

Chief economist update: Not before we get a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... "over half of households reported it as their 'biggest financial worry'." This is in line with findings from the Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index. While overall consumer sentiment picked up to 106.1 in July from 102.1 in the ...

Westpac names independent director

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
Westpac appointed an international banking executive to its board as an independent non-executive director. Anita Fung joins the banking group on 1 October 2018; she will also join the bank's risk and compliance committee, and its Asia advisory board. ...

Westpac investment arm awards real estate mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
A $10 billion investment arm of Westpac has awarded a mandate to a multi-asset manager, as it broadens its approach to listed real estate assets. Principal Global Investors Australia said it has picked up a number of investment mandates, including from ...

ABA appoints deputy chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... ABA member banks," ABA said in a statement. Before Bendigo Bank, Hirst worked with Colonial First State, AMP Bank and Westpac with 35 years' experience in retail banking, finance, financial markets, treasury and financial planning.