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BT cuts Wealth Connect

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
BT has proposed changes to its Wealth Connect business which could see at least 38 roles become redundant, as Westpac continues to review its wealth platform, superannuation, investments and insurance businesses. BT's Wealth Connect team provides ...

Uniti ups bid to compete with First State Super

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... funded by a combination of the issuance of 84 million Uniti shares to OptiComm shareholders and a 3-year debt facility with Westpac and CBA worth $250 million, as well as existing cash. As of August 21, Uniti had approximately $302 million in cash on ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... be today. In the two and half years since then, I've pitched a broad range of securities across a few sectors including Westpac Bank, IMF Bentham (now Omni Bridgeway), Bingo Industries, Magellan Financial Group, Flexigroup and EML payments," he says. ...

CommSec adds general manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... recently appointed general manager, broking and markets within Commonwealth Bank's retail brokerage arm. He joined from Westpac where he served as an investment director, catering to the group's private wealth clients, for the last 18 months. ...

Westpac offloads vendor finance business

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
Westpac has sold its vendor finance business to a New York-headquartered private equity firm, in the first sale from the bank's strategic review stable. Cerberus Capital Management has acquired Westpac's Strategic Alliances, with the equipment ...

Chief economist update: The wages of COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... should avert a deeper recession. However, more "real" dollars to spend is negated by the renewed consumer pessimism. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment fell 9.5% to 79.5 in August from 87.9 in July-- close to the 75.6 reading ...

Former BNY Mellon IM country head joins Westpac

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... after five years with the firm. In his new role, he will work as a director, global investment services New South Wales at Westpac. He reports to Mark Sherwood, Westpac's state director of global investment services for New South Wales and Victoria. ...

Partners Group hires from GSFM

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... largest players. Post Hayne Royal Commission, we have seen significant industry consolidation as evidenced by ANZ and Westpac exiting the space completely and observed that the business models of CBA and NAB/MLC are still evolving...we concluded that ...

Westpac announces appointment, departure

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
Westpac has announced a new chief operating officer will join its ranks, while a group executive will leave the bank early next year. Scott Collary has nabbed the role and will lead Westpac's newly created group operating office, as the bank brings ...

European robo-adviser eyes Australia, taps Westpac exec

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
The former head of Westpac's private banking business has brought a Belgium-based robo-adviser down under, and says industry super funds, major banks, broker businesses and dealer groups are already knocking at the door. With its Asia Pacific operations ...