WESTPAC

Financial planning

Despite posting consistently higher satisfaction ratings than its big four counterparts, Westpac has reported the lowest overall reputation score among business customers...

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Life/Risk

The pattern of year-on-year growth for risk sales has been repeated in 2012, according to DEXX&R....

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Financial planning

National Australia Bank (NAB) has ranked first as the safest bank in Australasia and number 16 in the world, the latest report from Global Finance states....

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Financial planning

Westpac Group has directed a significant budget towards what it is describing as its "2017 sustainability strategy"....

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People & Products

Online portfolio management solutions provider SelfWealth has appointed Gary Warner as national sales manager....

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Financial planning

Westpac Institutional Bank has launched what it describes as a first-of-a-kind deposit product....

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Financial planning

Westpac’s BT has launched a new brand campaign aimed at creating greater awareness of the company and what it does....

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People & Products

Margaret Payn has been appointed AMP Capital's chief financial officer, following the departure of finance director Jim Dawson....

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Editorial

Janine Mace looks at a better-than-expected performance of emerging markets, though challenges still remain....

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Financial planning

Satisfaction among business banking customers has slipped again over the month of December, falling further below that of personal customers, the latest Roy Morgan Resear...

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Life/Risk

Risk premium inflows and sales have once again achieved double-digit growth, with TAL and CommInsure emerging as success stories of 2012, according to Plan for Life figur...

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Financial planning

Challenger's suite of annuities, which collectively represents around 80 per cent of the annuity market share in Australia, has been given a 'recommended' rating by the r...

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People & Products

Former Westpac commercial banking executive Mark Paton has joined fixed-income specialist FIIG Securities as chief executive....

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Life/Risk

The importance of life/risk sales to financial advisers' revenue streams has been underscored by the latest data released by research house DEXX&R....

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People & Products

In line with strategic changes to its operations, Professional Investment Services (PIS) has made three senior management appointments....

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