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RBA deputy governor joins Westpac

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
Luci Ellis will join Westpac as its new chief economist after almost 15 years with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), succeeding the long-serving Bill Evans. Ellis will join the bank in October while Evans will stay with the group and transition into ...

Westpac plans aggressive platforms play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023
Bringing an end to years of speculation and sales discussions, Westpac will retain its platforms business, saying it intends to "aggressively compete" in the space. Despite having carried out a lengthy and competitive sales process, Westpac is going ...

Mercer scoops up third BT business unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... their wealth objectives," investments leader for Mercer in the Pacific region Simon Eagleton said. BT's parent company Westpac announced the acquisition in line with releasing the group's half year to March 2023 results. The successor funds transfer ...

UBS names industry veteran as Australasia chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
... Melbourne. He brings a wealth of corporate and board experience to UBS, formerly serving as non-executive director and chair of Westpac, Transurban Group and BHP. Maxsted was also previously a partner and chief executive at KPMG. While at the advisory ...

APRA restructures, appoints new executive directors

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... staff. Beverley-Smith brings over 20 years' experience in financial services to the role, having held leadership roles at Westpac and Commonwealth Bank, including across risk, transformation and change, product and portfolio development, and sales and ...

MLC Life Insurance welcomes new non-executive director

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... complexity of regulated industries. Previously, he served as group chief risk officer and a member of the executive teams of Westpac, Royal Bank of Scotland, and ANZ Bank. Stephen also held board roles with the International Financial Risk Institute ...

AZ NGA appoints chief financial officer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
... in-house talent. Heckendorf was previously at Pepper Money. He has also served as senior commercial finance manager at Westpac Banking Corporation and held senior roles at Deutsche Bank and the Royal Bank of Scotland in the United Kingdom. Barrett said ...

Westpac settles BT Super class action

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2022
Westpac has reached a $29.95 million settlement in a class action relating to the bank's subsidiaries, BT Funds Management Limited and Westpac Life Insurance Services Limited. Tens of thousands of Australians may receive compensation following the ...

What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... developments that impact the future sustainability of the fund" as well as the best financial interests of members. 4. Westpac offloads BT super to Mercer In May, Westpac confirmed it signed a successor funds transfer with Mercer which saw all of its ...

Magellan targets $100bn in five years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... also previously served as head of equities and chief investment officer at IAG and held several investment roles with Westpac. Dixon also currently sits on the investment committee of Aware Super, a role he's held since early 2021. Commenting on ...