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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 ...

Broaden levy to foreign banks: Big four

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... banking market, are increasingly expanding into retail banking either directly or providing funding to third parties, Westpac Group chief financial officer Peter King said. The Bill should be amended to capture major foreign banks based on group liabilities ...

Permanent ban for ex-OnePath adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... corporate watchdog's Wealth Management Project aiming to lift the standards of major financial advice providers, namely NAB, Westpac, CBA, ANZ, Macquarie and AMP. "ASIC will continue to protect consumers by removing people from the financial services ...

Mercy Super appoints new chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... Financial Group and managing director of MAP Funds Management and MAP Financial Planning. She also held multiple roles at Westpac, including national head of financial planning for the private bank, regional development manager and head of business development. ...

Banks narrowly avoid parliamentary inquiry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... response to a public interest issue, it is a political tax grab to cover a budget black hole," Bligh said. ANZ, CBA, NAB and Westpac have also taken to the ASX to criticise the Government's new bank levy, with some saying it will hit customers hardest. ...

Confidence: the business/household divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... difficult to overcome, keeping wages growth subdued and consumers cautious with their spending." Here, the lead from the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey is not encouraging. Australian consumer sentiment fell by 1.2 points to a reading ...

Gail Kelly takes on Cuffe board role

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
Former Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly has joined the board of an organisation established by Chris Cuffe. Cuffe welcomed Kelly to the board of Australian Philanthropic Services, the not-for-profit he founded in 2012 which established and administers ...

Westpac to review history of new applicants

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
Following yesterday's news of another former Westpac adviser being banned by ASIC, the bank has announced that anybody applying for a permanent role with the Westpac Group will now be subjected to a background check. Designed to identify any past instances ...

ASIC bans former Westpac adviser

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
A former representative of Westpac has been banned from providing financial services for five years following an ASIC investigation. Sudhir Kumar Sinha, a financial planner from Western Australian, was found to have systematically failed to meet his ...

"Shunned" investment strategy generating massive returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... subordinated debt securities, director and portfolio manager, income securities Jarod Dawson said at a recent media briefing. Westpac and ANZ issued debt in the form of floating rate securities back in the late 80s and early 90s - a time when the credit ...