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HBOS surrenders to Lloyds TSB

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... takeover agreement emerge it may put the long-running speculation of a sale of HBOS' Australian businesses, including BankWest, on the back-burner, at least while Lloyds reviews strategy. Lloyds sold its boutique banking business in Australia in the ...

Grove opens term deposit shop

BY STAFF  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... to cash continues. Initially, the service will provide wholesale investors with comparable daily rates from Citibank, BankWest, Investec and Rabobank. "The Grove platform gives Investec exposure to a wider client base, some of whom may not know much ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... Maintenance Services holds its annual general meeting. Westpac will deliver a market update while, in Melbourne, ANZ and Bankwest will appear before the House of Representatives Economics Committee's inquiry into competition in the banking and non-banking ...

Market Movers (10 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... finance commitments for owner-occupied housing declined by 7.9 percent in May and by 25 percent in the four months to May., BankWest raised its variable home loan interest rate by 20 basis points to 9.55 percent. This followed St.George's announcement ...

BankWest's recruitment drive on track

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
BankWest's financial planning business has recruited 27 financial planners since its inception in December last year and is on schedule to have a financial planner in each branch, according to Mark Reid, BankWest head of retail. Reid said BankWest's ...

Mortgage managers sanguine over Macquarie exit

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... market that would replace that funding. "There is still plenty of competitive tension. The big five, St George, Suncorp, BankWest, ING and Adelaide Bank are all funding the sort of mortgage lending that groups like ours are doing." McKeon said the business ...

Chasing the deposit dollar

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... banks are chasing the Australian dollar more actively than our own banks, offering superior rates. The Scottish-owned BankWest account TeleNet Saver 12 month introductory rate is 7.5 per cent, with the Dutch RaboBank online RaboPlus account offering ...

BankWest calls on UK planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
BankWest is set to launch a financial planning service and will sidestep the planner shortage in Australia by scoping the talent pool of its UK parent HBOS. BankWest aims to have a financial adviser in all its branches with a target of recruiting 100 ...

GESB chief re-elected to ASFA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... excited about representing members interests at the national level." Dolin previously held executive positions at Westpac, BankWest and Challenge Bank.

BankWest branches into super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
BankWest has propelled itself onto the superannuation market with Lite Super, a low cost, indexed based super fund accessible online. Lite Super provides no entry or exit fees, a 1.25 per cent ongoing fee, four diversified indexed investment choices ...