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Financial services leaders push for marriage equality

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... Financial services businesses ranging from superannuation funds AustralianSuper and HESTA, to banking institutions CBA and Westpac, and investment managers BT Financial Group and StateStreet have signed an open letter which supports "diversity in the ...

Independent director joins Westpac board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
Westpac appointed a technology and innovation expert as an independent, non-executive director to its board. With about 30 years of commercial and business management experience, Nerida Caesar will join the bank's board effective September 1. Caesar ...

Australian Ethical boosts adviser arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... in business development and relationship management roles; she has also worked in various managerial roles at Skandia, Westpac and BT. As manager of partner relationships, Robb will be responsible for managing key relationships and fund coverage with ...

Westpac halts $14bn asset manager sale

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
Westpac has ended discussions regarding the sale of a $14 billion asset management subsidiary after the prospective bidder decided not to proceed. Charter Hall had originally entered talks with Westpac regarding the potential acquisition of Hastings ...

Housing affordability depresses confidence: Westpac

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... with new research showing the housing affordability crisis is impacting financial confidence. The survey, commissioned by Westpac, found the majority of first home buyers are not feeling positive about their financial futures (62%), and many are willing ...

Contribution caps cause SMSF cash surge

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... as well, also partially due to market performance. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the top 10 securities held in SMSFs are CBA, Westpac, ANZ, NAB, Telstra, BHP, CSL, Wesfarmers, Woolworths and Transurban. Minus Macquarie, this more or less mirrors the top 20 ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... quarter, unchanged from the quarters ended September, December and March. This was also evident in the result of the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey - down to 95.5 in August from 96.6 in July. This is the ninth straight month ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Not happy Jan! This is the collective cry of Australian consumers according to the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey. Yet only a day before, the NAB business survey showed that business conditions in July were at their best ...

Wealth begins its blockchain reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... bales from Texas to Qingdao, China using a distributed ledger known as Skuchain's Brackets system. In July 2017, ANZ and Westpac teamed with IBM and shopping centre operator Scentre Group to digitise the bank guarantee process used for commercial property ...

Vanguard recruits former industry fund CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... MIESF, McLaughlin held roles with the Victorian Funds Management Corporation, State Street Global Advisors, AMP Capital and Westpac Investment Management.