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Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... that are at odds with the central bank. Commonwealth Bank predicted that the RBA would lift interest rates by late-2022; Westpac by early-2023; the ANZ expects two hikes - one in mid-2023 and another by the end of that year. Only NAB agreed with the ...

New chair of BT Super trustee board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... replacement appointed. Gai McGrath will commence as non-executive director and chair of the BT Super trustee board from July 1. Westpac chief executive, specialist businesses and group strategy Jason Yetton thanked Plumb for his service to the board. ...

KPMG promotes two super experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... strategic opportunities that arise with SMSFs. Prior to KPMG, she worked in senior roles across several boutiques and Westpac. She previously led the strategy and technical services team at software firm NowInfinity and served as a director at SMSF Blueprint ...

Industry split on paid vaccine leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... have made four hours of paid leave available to staff, including AMP, Beyond Bank, ClearView Wealth, Hume Bank, IAG and Westpac. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is also taking the same four hours-only approach, though notes that staff were provided an additional ...

AUSTRAC to face scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... how AUSTRAC identifies emerging problems and addresses governance and risk-management weakness. The inquiry comes after Westpac was hit with a $1.3 billion fine by AUSTRAC last year for failure to comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism ...

Westpac backs out of NZ demerger plans

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
Westpac has decided to retain its New Zealand business after reviewing the feasibility of the 160-year-old division and the impact of increased capital requirements. In March, the bank flagged that it was in early stages of reviewing Westpac New Zealand ...

Franklin Templeton shutters fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... were in financials (32.8% of the fund), materials (21.27%) and industrials (8.79%). Individual top shareholdings were Westpac, BHP, Telstra and ANZ. The strategy fell behind the ASX 200 and ASX 300 since 2011 inception, after underperforming in the first ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... reading of 107.2 remains well-above its long-term average of 101.4 and is 14.5% higher than it was a year earlier. As per Westpac, "Jobs confidence' is still positive, the index was coming off its best read in a decade in May". But, as Ella Fiztgerald ...

KPMG names risk consulting partners

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... in governance, risk & controls advisory and Kat Conner as risk, strategy & technology partner. de Wit was previously at Westpac where he was global head of financial crime transformation over two years and led the set-up, design and implementation of ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... businesses - big and small - have every reason to be confident because Australian consumers are confident and spending. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence remained elevated at a reading of 113.1 in May -- the second highest ...