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Industry high flyers join JANA board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
Australia's largest investment consultancy, JANA has added two new independent directors to the board. Margie Seale brings a wealth of board experience from the corporate and financial services sector. She currently serves as a non-executive director ...

AZ NGA appoints chief financial officer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA) has appointed Dan Heckendorf as its new chief financial officer as it plans its next growth phase. Heckendorf, who will report to AZ NGA chief executive Paul Barrett, joined in October as interim chief financial ...

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 ...

Westpac in fresh $87m remediation program

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
The failure of Westpac's former advisers to pass on corporate actions to clients for more than a decade will see the big bank pay a hefty bill. The $87 million that will be remediated affects 32,000 customer accounts, ASIC announced this morning ...

Westpac best for ESG reporting in Australia: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
Westpac Banking Corporation has been ranked as among the best in the world for ESG reporting. It was the highest-ranked company in the ASX 50 for levels of transparency on ESG issues, according to the Currie Global ESG Monitor (GEM) study. The positive ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... today. In the two and half years since then, I've pitched a broad range of securities across a few sectors including Westpac Bank, IMF Bentham (now Omni Bridgeway), Bingo Industries, Magellan Financial Group, Flexigroup and EML payments," he says. There ...

Count Financial faces class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... clients from AMP Financial Planning, Charter Financial Planning and Hillross Financial Services and from Westpac, Westpac Bank, Securitor Financial Group and Magnitude Group. "Each of these institutions owed specific obligations to their customer designed ...

AMP, CBA, Westpac face potential class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... looking at Commonwealth Financial Planning, Count Financial and Financial Wisdom. From Westpac, the firm is focused on Westpac Bank, Securitor Financial Group and Magnitude Group. "Each of these institutions owed specific obligations to their customer ...

Westpac also owed money by Sargon

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... only group owed money by Sargon and its related companies. There is also a roughly $35 million debt facility from Westpac bank, Financial Standard understands. The Westpac loan is in addition to previously reported borrowings from Taiping Trustees, which ...

Industry digs deep amid bushfire crisis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... said Westpac general manager Jane Watts. "We encourage anyone who needs assistance or support to contact their local Westpac Bank Manager or call our Westpac Assist." The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has established a dedicated bushfire ...
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