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Westpac prioritises risk management

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
Westpac announced risk management and rebuilding its culture will be its top priorities for 2021. The bank paid $105 million to about 548,000 customers it has wronged during the first quarter ending December 2020, as announced in a trading update this ...

Westpac to combine Advance super with BT Super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
Westpac's Advance Asset Management has notified its superannuation members of its intention to transfer the products into BT's new super product. Advance notified members of three funds recently: Advance Super Account, Advance Allocated Pension ...

To keep or not to keep JobKeeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
"Never ask a barber if you need a haircut," Warren Buffett once famously advised. The barber's nod will invariably be met with opposition from shampoo manufacturers. Such is the divide between the Morrison government (the barber) and labour unions ...

Banks return $1.2bn for bad advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
Six of Australia's largest banks have paid or offered a total of $1.24 billion in compensation to customers, according to new ASIC figures. The funds have been returned to customers who suffered loss or detriment due to fees for no service misconduct ...

Chief economist update: Money plus confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
"The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money." - James Madison, 4th President of the USA (1809-1817) and Founding Father The Morrison government circulating more money which, according to the Budget Papers 2020-21, amounts ...

NAB hires new executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
Westpac's chief information officer has jumped ship to take up the same role at NAB. NAB told Industry Moves it has appointed Anastasia Cammaroto as chief information officer, personal banking, within the NAB technology and enterprise operations ...

AMP Capital to bring cars to shopping centre

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... AutoMall in a Queensland shopping centre. On behalf of investors in the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre in Brisbane's inner-west, AMP Capital said the deal with Eagers Automotive will bring the car sales showroom inside the shopping centre. AMP Capital ...

Aware expands affordable housing portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
Aware Super continues to build its affordable housing portfolio with the addition of a new development in Greater Western Sydney. The $135 billion superannuation fund will construct 300 affordable housing units and 8750 square metres of office and retail ...

Longstanding Challenger exec in new role

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
Challenger's executive director, real estate investments has taken on a new role with a fund manager. Chris Pak has joined EG as divisional director of business development after over seven years in his previous role and a further seven as general manager ...

Fund manager expands, hires two executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
A boutique fund manager is ramping up its expansion strategy with two executive hires who will lead distribution and asset management efforts respectively. Holon Global Investments has appointed Rory Scott as head of asset management and Peter Titley ...