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John Key under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
An independent review into ANZ New Zealand has seen former New Zealand Prime Minister John Key come under fire over governance issues at the bank. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is requesting assurance from ANZ that it is operating in a prudential ...

Westpac appoints remediation lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... remediation. At the same time, the group has responded to reports of up to 300 planned redundancies within BT Financial Group. Former ANZ general manager, wealth separation and transition Mandy Rutherford has joined Westpac to lead its ongoing customer ...

OnePath updates trauma definitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
OnePath has updated more than 600 trauma definitions in a bid to be more customer-centric as part of its commitment to the Life Insurance Code of Practice. The review, which commenced in 2018, assessed more than 25,000 trauma policies to ensure the ...

Yarra hires head of macro, strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... its new head of macro and strategy. Toohey spent 15 years at Goldman Sachs as the chief economist and head of macro strategy ANZ. During this time he was named Australia's number one economist in the Greenwich survey for 13 years. In his most recent ...

Bank chief steps down amid expenses scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
ANZ New Zealand chief executive David Hisco stepped down following a review of his personal expenses. The ANZ board expressed concerns about the characterisation of certain expenses attributed to Hisco. While Hisco doesn't accept all of the concerns ...

ANZ cleared of $50m fee bungle

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
ASIC has cleared ANZ of the $50 million fee-for-no-service misconduct connected to its Prime Access offering. The corporate regulator said it is satisfied by the audited attestation it received from ANZ, signed by managing director private banking and ...

Chief economist update: Another rate cut on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... 1,775.0 million hours." Decreasing hours worked implies lesser need for staff. But wait, there's more! The lead from the ANZ job ads series suggests further weakening in job creation in the coming months. There's also the Westpac-Melbourne Institute ...

UBS deputy head of research departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... executives for Australia and New Zealand: head of research Simon Mitchell, deputy head of research Ben Gilbert, associate ANZ director of research and product manager Craig Stafford and research business manager Ieuan Albury.

Zurich finalises OnePath acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
Zurich has completed its acquisition of ANZ's life insurance business OnePath. More than 500 employees nationwide have joined the Zurich Life and Investments team. It also marks the commencement of a 20-year distribution agreement via ANZ's bank channels. ...

Big four satisfaction on road to recovery

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... worst of the big four, NAB (72.7%) no more than 5.4 percentage points behind. Sitting between the two bookends, Westpac and ANZ can barely be split at 74.7% and 74.4% respectively. However, demonstrating the significant work still before the big four ...