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Shareholders reject Westpac remuneration report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
Disgruntled Westpac shareholders rejected the remuneration report at the bank's annual general meeting yesterday. Twenty-nine percent of shareholders voted down adopting the remuneration report, marking the first strike. Should 25% or more shareholders ...

FSC names acting chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... November 2011 and February 2018. His other roles include working as the head of government and industry affairs for wealth at Westpac and serving as a director on the Gateway Network Governance Body. FSC chair David Bryant said as deputy chief executive ...

Super funds lambasted over nuclear holdings

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... weapons holdings by end of January 2022. In response to the report, a BT Funds Management spokesperson stated that the Westpac owned fund "excludes securities where industries or activities undertaken breach our ESG exclusions framework." "This includes ...

FPA names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... served as head of marketing at Fidelity Australia, and held senior roles with Colonial First State, BT Financial Group and Westpac. She held a series of roles with AMP between 1988 and 1997 after which she joined Rothschild Australia Asset Management ...

Mine Super appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... fund in July 2016, it was as chief strategy officer. Nair has also previously held senior roles with Commonwealth Bank, Westpac and law firm Piper Alderman. Between May 2020 and September 2021 Nair was also on the board of Recreo, the administration ...

Backlash after 'unprecedented' ASIC action against Westpac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
An industry group for independent financial advisers and lawyers have come out criticising Westpac over the six cases brought against it by ASIC. Slater and Gordon Lawyers is calling on Westpac to 'walk the talk', after Westpac's chief executive Peter ...

Industry fund chief steps down, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
... general manager, business transformation. He has also held roles with Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland and Westpac. QSuper is in the process of merging with Sunsuper. When the two funds confirmed the post-merger executive lineup in June this ...

ASIC files numerous cases against Westpac

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
In an unprecedented move, ASIC has commenced six civil penalty proceedings against Westpac for widespread compliance failures in its banking, wealth, superannuation and general insurance businesses. The six matters filed relate to charging fees to deceased ...

Risk inflows marginally recover

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
... NobleOak led the growth with 70.8%, followed by AIA (18.9%), ClearView (7%), Zurich (5.6%) and TAL (5.1%). Meanwhile, BT/Westpac recorded a 20.2% decline and Resolution also experienced a slight decrease in growth (2.8%). Annual risk sales declined 6% ...

InvestSMART launches ethical product

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
... are excluded from the criteria. The current top holdings in the fund are CSL, Commonwealth Bank, Apple, Microsoft and Westpac. The offer opened on November 15 and closes on November 26. The minimum investment is $10,000 with management fees capped at ...