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BOQ provides exclusive banking solution to AFA members

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
Bank of Queensland subsidiary BOQ Specialist has partnered with the Association of Financial Advisers to deliver a bespoke banking service to members. The service provides a "holistic banking package" which includes a variable fixed home loan allowing ...

BOQ hands acting CEO permanent position

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2015
... permanently. Sutton has been acting chief executive for around four months and was chief operating officer before that. He joined BOQ in July 2012. BOQ chairman Roger Davis said that following an exhaustive international search process, the board believed ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
Brent oil up 4.0% to US$72.94 a barrel; WTI oil up 4.9% to US$69.36 a barrel. Is this it? Have we reached bottom oil? Is this the sliding slippery stuff's equilibrium price? Or just a dead feline bounce? As Bob Dylan would sing to you, "the answer my ...

BOQ reaches $17 million settlement with Storm victims

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Bank of Queensland (BOQ) will pay $17 million to customers who were victims of Storm Financial as part of the legal proceedings of a class action brought against the bank. The net impact after tax to BOQ will be of $22.1 million, which includes all ...

BOQ CEO resigns for overseas role

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
BOQ chief executive Stuart Grimshaw will depart the bank at the end of August to pursue a non-banking opportunity outside Australia. Chief operating officer Jon Sutton will take over as acting chief executive from 1 September 2014. The Board is currently ...

BOQ completes acquisition of specialist Investec business

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
BOQ has officially completed its acquisition of Investec Australia's professional finance and asset Finance & leasing businesses. The asset finance & leasing business will merge with the existing BOQ Finance team. "This acquisition expands our business ...

Investec to sell local professional banking arm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... investment banking. The businesses are being sold as a going concern with a total team of over 310 people transferring to BOQ. "The agreement with BOQ represents a significant opportunity for both the professional finance and asset finance & leasing ...

BOQ adds to board

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
BOQ has appointed Bruce Carter, founding managing partner of Ferrier Hodgson South Australia to the BOQ Board. This comes after the recent appointment of Margaret Seale on 21 January 2014, and brings the total number of Directors to 10. Carter has extensive ...

BOQ to fork out $46 million over interest rate botch

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
Bank of Queensland (BOQ) will refund $34.5 million to members after an internal review found it had applied incorrect interest rates and fees. BOQ said it will also incur additional remediation costs of $11.5 million, bringing the total loss to about ...

Two Storm victims to receive $1.1m in compensation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
BOQ, Senrac and Macquarie have agreed to pay $1,100,000 in compensation for losses made by former Storm investors Barry and Deanna Doyle. The figure was calculated by independent experts and Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) under ...