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FPA names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... served as head of marketing at Fidelity Australia, and held senior roles with Colonial First State, BT Financial Group and Westpac. She held a series of roles with AMP between 1988 and 1997 after which she joined Rothschild Australia Asset Management ...

Backlash after 'unprecedented' ASIC action against Westpac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
An industry group for independent financial advisers and lawyers have come out criticising Westpac over the six cases brought against it by ASIC. Slater and Gordon Lawyers is calling on Westpac to 'walk the talk', after Westpac's chief executive Peter ...

Industry fund chief steps down, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
... general manager, business transformation. He has also held roles with Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland and Westpac. QSuper is in the process of merging with Sunsuper. When the two funds confirmed the post-merger executive lineup in June this ...

ASIC files numerous cases against Westpac

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
In an unprecedented move, ASIC has commenced six civil penalty proceedings against Westpac for widespread compliance failures in its banking, wealth, superannuation and general insurance businesses. The six matters filed relate to charging fees to deceased ...

Risk inflows marginally recover

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
... NobleOak led the growth with 70.8%, followed by AIA (18.9%), ClearView (7%), Zurich (5.6%) and TAL (5.1%). Meanwhile, BT/Westpac recorded a 20.2% decline and Resolution also experienced a slight decrease in growth (2.8%). Annual risk sales declined 6% ...

InvestSMART launches ethical product

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
... are excluded from the criteria. The current top holdings in the fund are CSL, Commonwealth Bank, Apple, Microsoft and Westpac. The offer opened on November 15 and closes on November 26. The minimum investment is $10,000 with management fees capped at ...

BT confirms changes to super business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... understood. However, the spokesperson said the process of reviewing the super business is ongoing. "We have been very open that Westpac does not believe it is the long-term natural owner of the superannuation business and we have previously said we are ...

Brian Hartzer in new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
Former Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer has taken on a new role with a technology firm. He will chair the board of Reejig, an artificial intelligence human resources technology company. Hartzer currently also serves as chair of Beforepay, a Sydney-based ...

Two senior leaders exit Iress

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... the end of 2021 after nearly five years. Prior to Iress, he ran his own communications consultancy firm, and worked at Westpac and Acumen Republic. Iress is currently recruiting for a new chief client solutions officer. Head of communications and of ...

Six Park hires operations chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
Six Park hired a new operations chief in September who finished up at Westpac after a decade with the bank. Tuula Keto is the robo-adviser's chief operating officer. She most recently worked in the bank's group and change integration unit and ...