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AMP new boss overhauls executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the financial institutions group based in New York for 14 years and worked at Westpac. She will replace Blair Vernon, whose role as chief executive of the ASX-listed wealth manager took effect on March 30 ...

Vital Business Partners names chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... Prior to Godfrey Pembroke, Fisher was the managing director of Securitor, and held senior roles at BT Financial Group, Westpac and Macquarie Group previously. As chief executive, Fisher will support the firm's adoption of new technology like automation ...

Government rolls out relief via National Reconstruction Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026
... turnovers will have their loans administered by the NRFC. Banks participating in the program include the Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, NAB, ANZ, Bank of Queensland, and Bendigo. Applications for loans open today. Meanwhile, originally on track to open ...

JBWere makes senior advice hires

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... most recently at Commonwealth Bank as general manager, private wealth for two years. He also worked in private wealth at Westpac. With a background in broking, Smoker was chief executive of Saxo Australia, now Totality, for three years, and also led ...

Akambo ventures into asset consulting, makes first hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... investment decisions into mandates that are clear, repeatable and accountable, Vertex said. He has previously held roles at Westpac Private Bank and BT Investment Management before moving into UBS Global Asset Management, where he was the director of ...

Challenger slashes offer price for Pepper Money

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... $6.3 billion. Last November, it also joined a consortium that included KKR to acquire the RAMS home loan portfolio from Westpac. The portfolio comprised about $21.4 billion in residential mortgages at the end of September 2025. Pepper Money signed a ...

Massive Acenda job cuts ire former staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... was consulted throughout this process. Acenda has made several executive changes in the lead up to the merger. Former Westpac executive Chris de Bruin takes the reins of Acenda as chief executive. Kent Griffin and Tim Tez, who led Acenda and Resolution ...

Inflation could surge above 4%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2026
... growth concerns - which are now added to by the Middle East events." All four of Australia's big banks - CBA, ANZ, NAB and Westpac - expect back-to-back 0.25% interest rate rises in both March and May.

NZ Super continues to build investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... reference portfolio. She also worked as a senior investment analyst at the Government Superannuation Fund Authority and Westpac NZ, having started her career at AMP Capital Investors.

TCorp appoints financial markets manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... government's financing and investment arm. Before joining TCorp, Sinnott held senior institutional and capital markets roles at Westpac, RBC, Citi and Commonwealth Bank. He brings more than 20 years' experience across Australia and the UK, including ...