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Westpac and Charter Hall in talks over infrastructure manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
Westpac is the latest bank set to offload one of its investment management subsidiaries, announcing exclusive discussions to sell its $14 billion infrastructure manager. Westpac told the ASX it has entered exclusive discussions with property group Charter ...

FOFA breach sees former adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... purchase of real property. This advice was deemed by ASIC to be in breach of the FOFA reforms. Atkins was a representative of Westpac subsidiary Magnitude Group from May 2015 to December 2015, prior to which he represented the now-defunct Genesys Wealth ...

APRA sets new capital target for the big four

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... at each APRA mandated quarterly reporting date - a move the big four unilaterally slammed. Despite these issues, NAB, Westpac, ANZ and CBA issued statements saying they were broadly comfortable with APRA's new CET1 requirements. NAB chief financial officer ...

Business conditions return to pre-GFC levels

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... debt-to-income ratio has risen to an all-time high of 189% -- and weak consumer confidence, underscored by the just-released Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment. While consumer confidence improved to 96.6 in July from 96.2 in June ...

Steady increase for life insurance premium flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... of growth in the past year as a result of amalgamating with Macquarie's risk business, followed by MetLife (9.3%), BT/Westpac (7.4%) and AIA (6.4%). AMP and OnePath posted flat results, while CommInsure (-5.2%) experienced negative growth. Industry leaders ...

AAT upholds ex-AMP adviser ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... was established in October 2014 with the objective of lifting major financial advice providers' standards namely NAB, Westpac, CBA, ANZ, AMP and Macquarie.

APRA finalises senior executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... APRA has also created the role of executive general manager, risk and data analytics division, appointing current head of Westpac Risk Analytics and Insights Sean Carmody. Carmody, who has worked across a number of senior roles at Westpac, will bring ...

Westpac GM becomes PNG wealth group CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
Westpac's former general manager for South East Asia Pacific is now the chief executive of an ASX-listed Papa New Guinean bank and wealth management firm. Greg Pawson's appointment as Kina Securities' chief executive was announced as part of Kina's ...

Super funds fight for financial inclusion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... to the FIAP program are Australian Ethical Investment, fintech Money Brilliant, and banks and insurers ANZ, CBA, NAB, Westpac, Australian Unity, and Bank Australia.

HUB24 lures BTFG executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... Lawrenson as its chief operations officer. Lawrenson will start his new role in mid-August after serving more than 20 years at Westpac subsidiaries BT Financial Group and Asgard. He most recently led SMSF product and distribution strategies across BTFG's ...