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AMP announces AMP Bank lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... Australia, responsible for strategy, project delivery and governance. O'Malley has also previously held senior roles at Westpac and Dunmore Consulting. He will be responsible for delivering the growth strategy for AMP Bank, reporting directly to ...

AMP advice transformation leads exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... director at TAFE NSW and an executive business manager at Bank of Queensland. Earlier in her career, she held roles at Westpac, Citi and Macquarie Group.

ASIC not recommending general advice change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... changes are needed to protect consumers," chief executive Dante De Gori said. The findings follow ASIC's win over Westpac in the High Court in February, confirming that Westpac Securities Administration and BT Funds Management did provide personal ...

Westpac to face court over insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
ASIC has commenced civil proceedings against Westpac for insider trading on a $12 billion deal with AustralianSuper and a group of IFM entities. Westpac will face off against the regulator in the Federal Court on allegations of insider trading, unconscionable ...

Ethereum overtakes big four banks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... capitalisation surpassing that of the big four banks combined. Ethereum has a US$353 billion market cap, overtaking NAB, Westpac, ANZ and Commonwealth Bank. At the time of publishing, one Ether is worth US$3293. By comparison, the cryptocurrency first ...

Crestone expands national footprint

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... senior private client manager at NAB. Former ANZ private banker James McBride is also joining Crestone, along with former Westpac Private associate director Nicholas Hamersley and Westpac Premier lending area manager Ida Wong. All will be advisers, reporting ...

Westpac profit climbs, executive leaves

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Westpac has signalled its recovery from the pandemic with cash earnings increasing by 256% to $3.5 billion over the last 12 months, as it looks to reduce costs by 2024 and farewells a key executive. In its half-year results, Westpac recorded a 189% ...

OpenMarkets hires, acquires, preps for IPO

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... at CommSec. Cussen joins from Bank of Queensland where he was chief technology officer and also held several roles at Westpac. Alexander is chair of the audit risk committee for Citadel Group. The appointments come as OpenMarkets expands its team from ...

Westpac settles life insurance class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
Westpac has settled a class action relating to life insurance sold through its financial advice network. The class action was brought against Westpac Group by Shine Lawyers in 2017. It claimed that between 2011 and 2017, customers who received financial ...

Former AMP Capital managing director joins Ignition

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... Financial Standard. Prior to this he was executive director, head of distribution & sales, equities and retail markets at Westpac. "We are already well-established in UK and Europe and have our base in Australia so it therefore makes sense to continue ...