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Spiers heads BT advice business

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... Sally Herman to general manager, sustainability, brand and communications for Westpac. Spiers will report to BT CEO, Rob Coombe. He is currently deputy chair of the Financial Planning Association and has sat on the Legislation and Regulation Committee ...

BT Financial scraps opt-out cover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... an 'opt-in' insurance product instead. The changes do not affect existing members' level of cover or premium costs. Rob Coombe, BT Financial Group chief executive, said the withdrawal of the 'opt-out' cover was instigated by concerns raised by a small ...

BTIM raises $247m

... financial advice, insurance, private banking and customer solutions are not part of the deal. In an earlier interview, Rob Coombe, chief executive officer of BT Financial Group, said that the public listing would improve the alignment of interests between ...

BT Financial and Westpac launch all-in-one super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
A month after BT Financial Group chief executive Rob Coombe challenged the industry to find better ways to engage the public on the retirement savings debate, the group and Westpac have introduced sweeping changes to the way BT provides superannuation-related ...

Coombe calls for better super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
Superannuation is entering a golden age in Australia and it's time we started to focus on our end-customers, said Rob Coombe, chief executive of wealth management for BT Financial Group when speaking at yesterdays' Association of Super Funds of Australia ...

BT chief Coombe explains spin-off

... management arm, a move that gives all staff members an equity stake in the new company. The group's chief executive Rob Coombe said that resumes are coming in from Australian investment professionals from overseas who are attracted to the group's equity-based ...

Westpac to list wealth management arm

... the new listed company, with equity also held by BT investment professionals. BT Financial Group's chief executive Rob Coombe said that the public listing would improve the alignment of interests between customers and staff, with BT investment professionals ...

Billions flow in to super ahead of June 30

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... contributions over $100,000, up more than $500 million over last year - a sure sign of the effect of the new legislation, said Rob Coombe, chief executive officer of BT Financial Group. Both Macquaire and BT also noticed the bulk of the contributions ...

BT appoints private bank GM

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
... Private Bank, moving from her position of general manager of Large Corporates at Westpac Institutional Bank (WIB). BT CEO Rob Coombe said this was a significant appointment, following the announcement late last year that Westpac Private Bank would now ...

Guy Strapp to be replaced at BT

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
... Morgan and Putnam Investments. Morris will begin in the role at the end of the month. Chief executive officer of BT, Rob Coombe, said Strapp had been instrumental in managing the team through the integration of BT with Rothschild and Westpac Financial ...