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New chair of BT Super trustee board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... Corporation, Genworth and IMB Bank. She has history with Westpac and BT, having previously been general manager of retail banking for Westpac from 2012 to 2015 and general manager of customer service at BT from 2008 to 2010. "Gai is a respected director ...

AMP board adds former banking chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... ASX-listed firm on July 1, bringing over 40 years of experience in leadership roles across funds management, treasury and banking. Hirst was the chief executive and managing director of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. He spent nine of his 17 years at the ...

Westpac backs out of NZ demerger plans

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... chief executive David McLean 's replacement. He will step down on June 25. WNZL general manager institutional and business banking Simon Power will act as chief executive until a replacement is found. The announcement comes as Westpac consolidated its ...

PwC names financial services lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... at PwC, having started her career there as a senior associate in the UK. She has worked in the firm's capital markets, banking, risk and regulatory units. In April, Sam Garland was named banking and capital markets leader within the financial services ...

Teachers Mutual launches neobank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... Hiver has been created for essential workers in education, emergency services and healthcare sectors and combines digital banking technology and responsible investing. Teachers Mutual Bank launched the bank following research that found 37% of essential ...

ME Bank acquisition receives green light

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... the team looks forward to continuing to support and service our customers and offering the simple and straightforward banking products that they want." BOQ managing director and chief executive George Frazis said: "The addition of ME Bank to the BOQ ...

ASIC takes on NAB for fee-for-no service breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... left the funds and were no longer receiving services. The fallout saw the exit of NAB chief customer officer of consumer banking and wealth Andrew Hagger and general manager of advice partnerships Ross Barnwell. In response to Archibald's testimony ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... held by Australian banks is in the form of residential mortgages, one of the highest globally and greatly exposing the banking system to potential disruption. Home ownership rates, meanwhile, have halved for under-35s since 1995. Along with the Royal ...

Goodments by Douugh now in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... acquisition, Culver became head of Douugh wealth. Launching the app in Australia is a transitional step before the Douugh banking app attempts to break into the local market. In addition to being brokerage-free, the app is also commission-free, with ...

L1 Capital launches activist fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... Accumulation Index (after management fees and expenses). Hawkins is a former solicitor at Clayton Utz and moved to investment banking at Macquarie Capital in the US. He went on to become the managing director of Flagstaff Partners, a corporate advisory ...