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Tariffs were never the answer: Experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... but in the end all it does is increase costs, displaces competitive production and leads to lower and slower growth." Westpac chief economist Luci Ellis agreed, labelling Liberation Day "an act of economic self-harm by the US." "Tariffs are self-destructive... ...

QTC names new chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... three year stint at TCorp, he served as global head of debt markets at Commonwealth Bank and earlier held similar roles at Westpac and RBC Capital. QTC chair Damien Frawley welcomed the appointment. "Mr Ling's extensive knowledge of global financial ...

LGT Crestone poaches CRO from Challenger

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... ASIC regulator, a PwC partner for risk advisory services and a chief risk and compliance officer at Superpartners, BT and Westpac.

UK watchdog to open Australian office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... banking team at ASIC. She also served as head of compliance, Asia Pacific for Travelex and global head of compliance for Westpac's institutional bank. In 2014, she was a principal advisor for Treasury's Financial System Inquiry, after which she made ...

Equity Story plots expansion, names chair

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... at Shaw and Partners for two years before founding Capital Haus in 2022, and was an executive financial adviser at the Westpac Group for over three years before that. He also held similar titles at ANZ, deVere Group, and WILSONS. Commenting, Gow said ...

Asian family office sets up in Melbourne

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... investment and treasury management throughout the region, where he held leadership roles at HSBC, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, and Westpac. Outside investment banking, Fong has worked in asset management across all asset classes, including fixed income at ...

ASIC, ASFA spar over super fund trustees 'not knowing' their business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... nearly 7000 death benefit claims and its failure to merge multiple accounts, Aware Super charging fees for no service, Westpac/ BT incorrectly charging insurance commissions to members, and Colonial First State misleading members as examples of funds ...

Westpac's Yetton chooses to move on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
Westpac chief executive of consumer banking Jason Yetton has left the bank, prompting a search for his successor. Yetton led the consumer division since August 2023 after three years leading the bank's specialist business and group strategy. This ...

PIMCO names wealth management lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... dealer groups, advisers and not-for-profit organisations. Previously, he worked for Ascalon Capital Managers, part of the Westpac Group, for over six years. He has 20 years of investment experience. This is the third local promotion at the US asset manager. ...

Partners Wealth Group appoints new head of Partners Private

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... Herd has over 25 years of experience in financial services, most recently as a director of global investment services at Westpac - and in a previous tenure at the bank, a director of private wealth. Herd has also been a distribution manager at Pengana ...