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Banks return $1.2bn for bad advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... suffered loss or detriment due to fees for no service misconduct or non-compliant advice. AMP, ANZ, CBA, Macquarie, NAB and Westpac undertook the review and remediation programs to compensate affected customers as a result of two major ASIC reviews. ...

Chief economist update: Money plus confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... And then there were three. Fiscal money, RBA money and confidence - both among Australian consumers and businesses. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment increased by 1.9% in February from 107.0 in January. Although it's lower ...

NAB hires new executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... enterprise operations division. Prior to NAB Cammaroto was chief information officer, consumer and group business units at Westpac - a role she held for four years. At Westpac she was accountable for digital, branch and virtual contact technology services ...

Fund manager expands, hires two executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
A boutique fund manager is ramping up its expansion strategy with two executive hires who will lead distribution and asset management efforts respectively. Holon Global Investments has appointed Rory Scott as head of asset management and Peter Titley ...

Risk inflows stay flat

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... new research shows. The latest data from Plan For Life showed inflows decrease by 0.4% with the largest falls from BT/Westpac (-20.8%) and AIA (-10.1%). These were however, offset partially by increased inflows reported by TAL (15.7%) and ClearView (7.9%). ...

High Court dismisses Westpac appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
The High Court has affirmed the Federal Court's 2019 decision that two Westpac subsidiaries provided unlicensed personal financial advice. In a decision handed down today, the High Court of Australia dismissed Westpac's appeal, determining the ...

QBE appoints local chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
The ASX-listed insurer has hired Westpac's managing director for insurance as its new chief executive for Australia and Pacific division. Sue Houghton will join QBE in the Sydney-based role in August. Houghton is currently Westpac's managing director ...

BT appoints risk expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... performance improvement, transformation/change projects, stakeholder management and business processes. BT parent company Westpac is currently hiring an executive manager or risk for platforms and investments who will report to Guillot. The responsibilities ...

Gender diversity has a way to go: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... number of companies that disclosed data. From financial services, companies that made the index include Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Challenger, National Australia Bank and QBE Insurance. Other companies include Nine Entertainment, Scentre Group, Incitec ...

AMP Bank boss exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... him all the best for the next stage of his career." At BOQ, Finch will report to Martine Jager, who was most recently Westpac's chief digital and marketing officer. Jager replaces Lyn McGrath, the group executive of retail banking, who has announced ...