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Aussie firms join gender index

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... gender-equal workplaces. Australia was featured in the index for the first time, with ANZ, Bank of Queensland, QBE and Westpac appearing. Brazil, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, Sweden and Turkey are also new additions. Firms included on the index ...

Westpac fortifies commitment to data protection

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Pointing to an increased focus on cybersecurity, Westpac increased its stake in a Canberra-based data security specialist. Westpac now holds a 16% stake in QuintessenceLabs, a 5% increase that will assist the quantum cybersecurity service provider in ...

Challenger names fixed income head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... He also worked at Credit Suisse for more than 13 years, though he began his career in 1993 as a financial analyst with Westpac. Commenting on the appointment, Challenger's chief executive of funds management, Ian Saines said: "Victor's experience as ...

BT licensee head departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... the position. Donat held the role since November 2014, prior to which she was head of strategic growth at Securitor, the Westpac Group's adviser dealer group. She also spent seven months as national operations manager for Godfrey Pembroke and held various ...

QIC closes renewable energy fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... - 200 MW of which will be produced by the Silverton Wind Farm upon completion. The lenders to Silverton Wind Farm are Westpac Banking Corporation, National Australia Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Societe Generale ...

Moody Aussies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
What's ailing us, Australians all? We can't seem to swing our mood towards optimism. While the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index increased for the first time in three months in January, the 0.1% monthly pick-up was marginal ...

Robo critical to retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... major financial services institutions. Fintech firm SuperEd, led by Vanguard Australia founder Jeremy Duffield and former Westpac executive Hugh Morrow, is hoping to raise between three and $6 million to provide technology solutions to major players ...

Westpac exec jumps ship to ING Direct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
A former Westpac and BT director will become ING Direct's first Australian head of retail banking, managing several channels including wealth management. Most recently serving as Westpac's director of marketing, sales and service, Melanie Evans will ...

A-dollar rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... agrees that it is cheap but disagrees that it would reach US$0.80: "Why the 'cheap' Aussie is unlikely to rise to US80". Westpac senior commodity analyst Sean Callow's (quoted in the AFR article) rationale were rational: "To get to US80 you'd need another ...

Westpac provides head start to wealth management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... Australian parents worry about how financially astute their children will be by the time they graduate high school and Westpac is offering a $200 head start. As part of its 200th anniversary celebrations, the bank has developed the 'Bump' initiative ...