Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 371 - 380 of 3558 results for westpac

David Atkin joins ME Bank board

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021
Former Cbus Super chief executive David Atkin, who r ecently joined AMP Capital, has just added a board position at ME Bank. David Atkin joined the industry-fund-owned bank's board as a non-executive director on January 1, alongside Westpac's ...

New heatmap shames trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... underperformers with red ratings over a six-year investment period are: BT Funds Management's Asgard Employee, BT Super and Westpac Group Plan (lifecycle) Colonial First State Investments' FirstChoice Superannuation Trust lifecycle (lifecycle) ...

RBA adds former BT director to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... currently a director of ASX-listed CSL and Infrastructure SA. She is a former director of BHP, BT Investment Management and Westpac. Hewson has also served as a panel member of the Financial System Inquiry and is a member of the Growth Centres Advisory ...

Financial services' biggest tax bills revealed

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... ($24 million). Commonwealth Bank had the highest tax payable bill from the big four banks at $3.2 billion, followed by Westpac at $3 billion, NAB at $2.1 billion and ANZ at $1.6 billion. Suncorp had a tax bill of $324 million, ING at $195 million, Bendigo ...

Chief economist update: Confidence unlocks Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... resumption of economic activity. Not surprisingly both consumer and business confidence continued to go on the up and up. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer surged to a reading of 112 in December - up by 4.1% from November's read ...

AMP appoints advice transformation manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... Commonwealth Bank's future advice model as a program director between 2013 and 2017. Earlier in her career, Hopkins held roles at Westpac, Citi and Macquarie Group. Her appointment comes amid upheaval for AMP's financial adviser network. A class action ...

Westpac sells Pacific to PNG bank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
Westpac has announced the sale of Westpac Fiji and the majority stake of its operations in Papua New Guinea to Kina Securities. Kina Securities will pay $420 million for Westpac Fiji and 89.91% of Westpac PNG Limited which combined have net assets of ...

AMP Capital APAC managing director exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... Prior to joining AMP Capital, Keary was executive director, head of distribution and sales, equities and retail markets at Westpac. "I have a true belief that in asset management we hold immense responsibility in improving the wellbeing of our clients. ...

Westpac enters into court enforceable undertaking

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... into Westpac's risk governance, both parties have agreed to a court enforceable undertaking (CEU). The CEU requires Westpac to develop an integrated plan that incorporates all major risk governance remediation programs covering financial and non-financial ...

New internal audit guide for finance sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
A new best-practice guide for the boards and internal auditors of superannuation funds, banks and financial service providers has been released. The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has released The Better Practice Guide, which was developed with ...