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Westpac best for ESG reporting in Australia: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021

Westpac Banking Corporation has been ranked as among the best in the world for ESG reporting. It was the highest-ranked company in the ASX 50 for levels of transparency on ESG issues, according to the Currie Global ESG Monitor (GEM) study. The positive ...

Challenger names chief financial officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON | MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021

A former BT Life Insurance head of product and sales has taken on the role, following the resignation of Andrew Tobin last year. Rachel Grimes spent over 20 years at Westpac in several senior finance roles including director of mergers and acquisitions ...

Actuaries Institute names new president

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021

The Actuaries Institute has named a partner at KPMG as its new president. Jefferson Gibbs takes over from Hoa Bui, who was appointed to the post in January 2020. Gibbs is a partner at KPMG specialising in general insurance. He joined the firm in October ...

Westpac prioritises risk management

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021

Westpac announced risk management and rebuilding its culture will be its top priorities for 2021. The bank paid $105 million to about 548,000 customers it has wronged during the first quarter ending December 2020, as announced in a trading update this ...

Westpac to combine Advance super with BT Super

KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021

Westpac's Advance Asset Management has notified its superannuation members of its intention to transfer the products into BT's new super product. Advance notified members of three funds recently: Advance Super Account, Advance Allocated Pension ...

Banks return $1.2bn for bad advice

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021

Six of Australia's largest banks have paid or offered a total of $1.24 billion in compensation to customers, according to new ASIC figures. The funds have been returned to customers who suffered loss or detriment due to fees for no service misconduct ...

NAB hires new executive

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021

... enterprise operations division. Prior to NAB Cammaroto was chief information officer, consumer and group business units at Westpac - a role she held for four years. At Westpac she was accountable for digital, branch and virtual contact technology services ...

Risk inflows stay flat

ANNABELLE DICKSON | WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021

... new research shows. The latest data from Plan For Life showed inflows decrease by 0.4% with the largest falls from BT/Westpac (-20.8%) and AIA (-10.1%). These were however, offset partially by increased inflows reported by TAL (15.7%) and ClearView (7.9%). ...

High Court dismisses Westpac appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021

The High Court has affirmed the Federal Court's 2019 decision that two Westpac subsidiaries provided unlicensed personal financial advice. In a decision handed down today, the High Court of Australia dismissed Westpac's appeal, determining the ...

BT appoints risk expert

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021

BT has hired a wealth management risk expert from MLC to oversee compliance functions across its platforms and operations. Caroline Guillot recently joined BT from MLC, taking on the title of head of risk platforms, investment and operations. Guillot ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:33PM

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA | 11:56AM

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI | 11:09AM

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA | 12:20PM

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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