12 August 2008 | The bank announces 12 per cent increase in unaudited cash profit to $1,073 million.
2 July 2008 | St George and Westpac customers have their say.
18 June 2008 | SMSFs put in gear.
25 February 2008 | Business banking customers happier than last year.
14 May 2001 | St George will not be scouting for asset management acquisitions in the near future, although it continues to look for opportunities.
11 April 2001 | Hartley Poynton’s e-commerce offshoot JDV has signed up St George and Macquarie for margin lending and portfolio management services.
28 March 2001 | A capital restructure move for financial services group Wealthpoint has cancelled 77.4 million options and led to a board restructure with Chairman Gil Hoskins stepping down from the position.
18 January 2001 | St George has expanded its distribution reach with the purchase of a 5 per cent stake in Virtual Communities for $18 million.
28 November 2000 | Accountancy and financial planning consolidator Stockford has listed at a solid 23 cent premium to its $1.00 offer price and attracted solid volume in its first hour of trade.
12 October 2000 | St George has spent $10 million on a 7 per cent stake in burgeoning accounting and financial planning consolidator Stockford, valuing the group at nearly $150 million.
4 October 2000 | St George has spent $10 million on a 7 per cent stake in burgeoning accounting and financial planning consolidator Stockford, valuing the group at nearly $150 million.
28 September 2000 | Assirt managing director Brett Sanders has been named managing director of the merged Assirt/ Bourse Data business.
20 July 2000 | High profile financial planning identity Max Weston has given up his post as head of KPMG Financial services for semi-retirement.
13 July 2000 | Online financial services group Bourse Data has continued its aggressive program of expansion with the establishment of a superannuation business unit.
22 June 2000 | Sealcorp has spun off research house Assirt in a complex deal with Course Starter.
22 June 2000 | Sealcorp has spun off research house Assirt in a complex deal with Bourse Data.
8 June 2000 | Private banks have failed to understand investors, and are sending clients irrelevant information and ignoring their real needs.
8 June 2000 | Then there were three. In a similar situation as last year, with the acquisition of KPMG Financial services by St George, the financial services industry now sees an-other big five company making a move.
13 April 2000 | Long serving St George executive Jack Regan is to take on the top job at Hill-ross Financial Services.
14 December 1999 | St George Bank has launched its second venture capital fund with the release of a $64 million wholesale pooled development fund focussing on the booming technology and Internet sector.
14 October 1999 | It has been a tough couple of years for Sealcorp since being acquired by St George Bank back in December 1997. But with a new chief executive and a fresh team of senior executives, the group may yet find the wind that filled the sales of the highly successful master trust, financial planning and research conglomerate.
30 September 1999 | Advance Asset Management (AAM) has set about a major restructure of its distri-bution and investment operations, following the departure of long serving manag-ing director Russell Hooper.
8 July 1999 | "We do not use paraplanners. Having already invested quite a deal of capital into training, software and systems we are reluctant to utilise the services of paraplanners.
24 June 1999 | Two of St George Financial Planning's top business writers have de-fected to Hillross Financial Services as the group ramps up its push to attract the industry's top talent.
10 June 1999 | All four major banks have accelerated their activities in private banking in recent times, yet they consider this area still to be in its infancy in Australia.