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Surprise exit for van Eyk asset consulting team Van Eyk's three person asset consultant team has left the company, the company has confirmed. Head of asset consulting Jonathan Ramsay and asset consultants Fil Andronaco and Jonathan Tolub resigned their ...

Top AMP exec leaves to join BT

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... Financial Group chief executive officer Brad Cooper said that Howes' priority will be to develop products that encourage Westpac bank customers switch their MySuper account to BT. "Across the Westpac Group brands we have eight million Australians who ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... cent, to $60.89 and Fortescue Metals, which only produces iron ore, was 8.5 cents, or 1.9 per cent, lower at $4.495. Westpac bank had lost 30 cents to $33.98, ANZ was down 17 cents at $32.77, National Australia Bank was 24 cents lower at $33.25 and the ...

Westpac appoints head of private bank in Asia

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Westpac Banking Corporation today announced the appointment of Francis D'Souza as head of Westpac private bank, Asia. Based in Singapore, Westpac's regional head office, D'Souza will be responsible for the management and oversight of all of Westpac's ...

Michael Hintze to join Financial Systems Inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
The founder and chief executive of global fund manager CQS Sir Michael Hintze is one of four appointments that have been made to an advisory panel to support the Financial Systems Inquiry (FSI). The International Advisory Panel will provide an expert ...

Westpac exec gets ASIC ban after preying on elderly's finances

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
ASIC has permanently banned David St Pierre, a former Westpac bank home finance manager from engaging in credit activities and providing financial services after encouraging vulnerable clients to borrow against their homes for investments. St Pierre ...

NZ Super CEO appointed deputy chair of IFSWF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Chief executive of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, Adrian Orr, has been elected deputy chair of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF). As deputy, Orr will play second fiddle to chair Bader M. Al Sa'ad of the Kuwait Investment ...

Independent providers fail at cross-selling banking products

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
AMP and industry funds are the major providers of superannuation for consumers and businesses, but they have had very little success at selling banking products to their customers. Only 1.6% of industry fund personal members deal with ME Bank and only ...

Rainmaker Group appoints Professional Standards Officer

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
Financial advice expert Trevor Harris joins the Technical Services team of Rainmaker Group this month in the newly-created role of Professional Standards Officer. In his new role, Harris will be responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the ...

Banks raise $15bn in wholesale markets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
Based on strong underlying appetite for Australian bank paper and improved wholesale funding costs - significantly below the rates they're willing to pay for term deposits - total funds raised by major Australian banks in the wholesale markets just ...