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Westpac deputy chief executive retires

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Westpac deputy chief executive Phil Coffey is retiring after spending more than 20 years at the bank. Coffey was appointed deputy chief executive in April 2014 and prior to that served as chief financial officer for eight years, and was the group executive ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
US GDP Today's data releases out of the US all but strengthens expectations for a December Fed rate hike. The Bureau of Economic Analysis upgraded US third quarter GDP growth to an annualised rate of 3.2% from the advance estimate of 2.9% and 1.4% in ...

Westpac appoints group customer advocate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
Westpac has created a group customer advocate role as part of its commitment to the ABA's Six Point Plan. Adrian Ahern has been appointed to the position which is intended to provide a means of independent review for the bank's retail and small business ...

Millennials face gender inequality shock

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Globally the number of females represented on financial services boards continues to grow, but a stagnancy at the executive level is disenfranchising millennials as they get to grips with a workplace stuck in its gendered past. Oliver Wyman's 2016 Women ...

Major tenant extends lease at Cromwell property

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
Global real estate investment manager, Cromwell Property Group, has confirmed that the Bureau of Meteorology has extended its lease at 700 Collins Street, Melbourne for a further 10 years. The Bureau of Meteorology occupies approximately 15,500 square ...

Micro-investment app hits 100,000 users in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
Over 100,000 users have signed up to micro-investment savings app Acorns following its Australian debut six months ago. The app, which gives users the opportunity to "round up" individual purchases - a $3.50 coffee, for example, becomes $4 - and invest ...

Millennials getting personal with ANZ robo-adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
Millennials were more interested in asking ANZ's IBM Watson-powered robo-adviser whether it was married to Siri than getting insurance information, according to ANZ Group Innovation channel development manager Jeanette Cheah. Speaking on a panel at ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
By his own admission, Colin Kelton barely understood what Vanguard did when he applied for a job at the company. But 25 years on he's now principal and managing director of the Australian operations of the $4.4 trillion asset manager, and he can't imagine ...

App lets Australians invest pocket change

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
A new app released in Australia will allow users to round up daily purchases and invest the "change" into a diversified exchange-traded fund portfolio. Acorns, created by father-son business Acorns Grow in 2012, was released in the US in 2014 and has ...

Labour market says go, inflation says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
Yes, no, maybe I don't know. That's the answer we got from the very latest US non-farm payrolls report on the question of a September lift-off. There was something for everyone. Those expecting the Fed to pull the lift-off trigger at their 16-17 September ...