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Financial planning

Westpac subsidiary Ascalon Capital Managers has engaged a Hong Kong-based funds management specialist to support the firm's push into Asia, Westpac has announced....

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Financial planning

Westpac chairman Ted Evans has announced his retirement....

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Financial planning

Westpac has posted a solid six-month performance with wealth management making a key contribution....

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People & Products

Mortgage aggregator Vow Financial has announced that it has made two key appointments as part of its growth strategy....

Financial planning

Westpac has released an online broking account targeting high-volume self-directed investors....

Funds management

Westpac leverages its St George assets in Victoria to launch a new brand – Bank of Melbourne....

Financial planning

Solid fund flows have seen BT help Westpac to a solid first quarter performance, despite the drag of natural disasters....

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Superannuation

Westpac Institutional Bank has launched 31 self-funding instalments to provide moderately geared equity investment opportunities, particularly to self-managed super funds...

People & Products

Investment research house van Eyk Research has recruited for the first time following staff cuts in November 2010, adding two members to its research team....

Superannuation

The aggregate cost for a couple living comfortably in retirement increased by 0.5 per cent in the September quarter to nearly $54,000 a year, according to the latest West...

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Funds management

The funds management industry is preparing itself for the next market cycle, with the current mergers and acquisition activity a sign that some are tweaking their busines...

Editorial

As a political debate rages around the power of the major banks, Mike Taylor writes that far more is at stake than just home loan interest rates....

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Financial planning

Some of Australia’s biggest investment research contracts have changed hands in recent weeks, and there could be more changes in the pipeline....

Financial planning

Van Eyk Research has made staff cuts across its research, product, sales and IT teams in addition to losing head of distribution Michael Angwin....

Editorial

Westpac has posted a strong profit increase assisted by BT, the St George merger and mortgage gains....

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