WESTPAC

Policy & Regulation

Westpac has announced another $341 million in provisioning for customer remediation programs....

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Funds management

Three of Australia’s banks have been listed as being among the most gender-equal financial services firms in the world but has this affected their share price performance...

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Financial planning

The Australian stock market fell by more than 3.5% last week over fears of escalations in the US/China trade war. ...

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Financial planning

Australia has been praised for its gender equality after an Equileap gender survey found a quarter of the top 100 companies were Australian companies, including National ...

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Financial planning

Infocus has emerged amongst the financial planning dealer groups touting to accommodate departing bank planners who choose to become self-employed....

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Funds management

Advisers continue to make the make exposure to the Big Four banks a staple within client portfolios and the performance of the Commonwealth Bank explains why, according t...

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Financial planning

The corporate watchdog has appealed to the Federal Court against its decision that the bank did not breach the Credit Act....

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People & Products

La Trobe Financial has added David Bleakley, Rick Drury and Annie Sestito to round out their executive team....

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Financial planning

A senior financial services lawyer has warned that managed accounts may equate to the selling of in-house assets in the eyes of the Australian Securities and Investments ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reinforced that its responsible lending action against Westpac was a test case....

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Policy & Regulation

APRA has fined the bank and two of its entities $1.5 million....

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People & Products

Metrics Credit Partners has made four appointments to strengthen its asset origination and portfolio management capabilities. ...

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Financial planning

National Australia Bank has paid out over $32 million in customer remediation as at 30 June, 2019, part of total $119m paid out by Australia’s five largest banks. ...

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People & Products

Integral Private Wealth will open a Queensland office, led by former Westpac adviser Marc Smith and joined by Patrick Duke....

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People & Products

Westpac has hired Guilherme Lima as chief executive of its new restructured Business division, to start later this year. ...

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