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Westpac merges consumer, business divisions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
Westpac has announced it will combine the leadership of its consumer and business divisions to form a new consumer and business banking division, with one executive exiting the business. Westpac said the new division will be led by the current chief ...

Former Wallaby departs Westpac for NAB

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
After six months as head of private wealth, north at Westpac, Phil Waugh has taken on an executive role at NAB. Waugh has been appointed as executive, broker distribution at NAB and will report to executive, home ownership Andy Kerr. Waugh spent four ...

ASIC will not appeal wagyu and shiraz decision

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
The corporate regulator has announced it will not appeal to the High Court's rejection ofits case against Westpac for alleged responsible lending breaches. ASIC commenced federal court proceedings against Westpac in 2017 alleging that between December ...

Westpac announces executive changes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... Westpac chief executive of consumer David Lindberg and the bank's chief information officer Craig Bright will leave Westpac for new roles overseas, while Les Vance has been appointed as group executive of financial crime, compliance and conduct. ...

Westpac forks out $80m for AUSTRAC scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
Westpac said it expects $80 million in additional expenses in FY20 as parts of its response plan in relation to the AUSTRAC scandal. The bank provided a company update to the ASX, in which it outlined its progress on its response plan for the AUSTRAC ...

Westpac served class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... saying it is determined to fix its problems. Earlier this week, APRA launched its own official investigation into Westpac for possible breaches of the Banking Act, including the Banking Executive Accountability Regime. The investigation will focus on ...

APRA joins in on Westpac scrutiny

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
APRA has launched a formal investigation into Westpac for possible breaches of the Banking Act. The prudential regulator said the investigation will focus on the conduct that led to AUSTRAC launching its criminal charges against the bank over an alleged ...

ACSI, AFIC respond to Westpac scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... disappointing," Freeman said. "The outlook for them is very challenging." He explained AFIC has held a position in Westpac for a decade. "There are not too many companies in our portfolio that haven't had an issue at some point in time," Freeman added. ...

Private wealth firm grows footprint

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... and principal adviser. All three are former partners and executive financial planners of Westpac. Smith served at Westpac for close to 18 years during which time he received numerous accolades, including being named as one of Australia's top 50 financial ...

Franklin Templeton names institutional business director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... and responsible manager. Prior to that, he was an associate director of fixed income, currency and commodities at Westpac for six years. "With Matthew's vast experience across distribution and investments, we are well positioned for further growth in ...