22 March 2010 | If the FPA and the AFA are to merge they will have to work through many divisive issues.
1 March 2010 | Behind the separate branding, Westpac and St George are now, officially, a single entity.
22 February 2010 | The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen, confirms moves to streamline long-term superannuation disclosure requirements.
17 February 2010 | Abacus Australian Mutuals has added to the rising discontent with banks, describing recent profit results as a "slap in the face to hardworking Australians".
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9 February 2010 | New analysis developed by Credit Suisse has revealed the degree to which industry consolidation has seen the big banks dominating the life insurance sector.
8 February 2010 | Does the drop in Australia’s unemployment rate translate into more opportunities in the financial services sector, and is the war for talent about to recommence from where it left off before the onset of the global financial crisis? Caroline Munro investigates.
5 February 2010 | Westpac-owned boutique funds management incubator Ascalon Capital Managers has acquired another 15 per cent stake in absolute return fund manager H3 Global Advisors, increasing its overall equity to 45 per cent.
2 February 2010 | Financial services companies scaled back political donations last fiscal year, according to the latest data from the Australian Electoral Commission.
1 February 2010 | The global recession generated by the sub-prime crisis has served to reinforce the dominance of Australia’s major banks across almost all segments of the nation’s financial services industry, yet the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) appears relatively unconcerned, writes Mike Taylor.
1 February 2010 | While much of the debate around NAB/MLC’s acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific has focused on who controls which dealer group, Mike Taylor argues that control of the platforms represents a much
bigger issue.
28 January 2010 | Westpac Online Investing will offer market data, portfolio management, access to Aegis Research, Reuters newsfeeds and analysis from Morningstar.
28 January 2010 | Control of the Australian platform market has nearly halved in the past four years to be dominated by three of the nation's big four banks, a situation that would be exacerbated if the ACCC approves NAB's bid for AXA Asia Pacific.
27 January 2010 | All four of the big banks saw a fall in satisfaction levels from their business banking clients in the second half of 2009, according to a business banking customer satisfaction report.
14 January 2010 | The country’s top four banks, ANZ, Commonwealth, NAB and Westpac, are emerging from the global financial crisis in relatively good shape but challenges remain ahead, according to findings from Fitch Ratings.
9 December 2009 | BT Investment Management (BTIM) chairman Brian Scullin believes a number of smaller boutique funds management groups are still yet to fail, despite saying his group’s multi-boutique model had been validated during the crisis.
09:35 AM | According to the results of a recent shadow shop, consumers steer away from in-house bank planners when it comes to financial advice.
13 November 2009 | One-third of global businesses will seek mergers and acquisitions over the next 12 months, as tough financing conditions are likely to remain for at least three years.
11 November 2009 | The former chief executive of Westpac, David Morgan, has warned that overly competitive BDMs and excessively conservative lawyers could get in the way of simple advice.
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5 November 2009 | CoreData research has confirmed that the major banks are dominating the mortgage market, with Westpac and Commonwealth Bank holding 48.9 per cent of all outstanding residential lending by value.
4 November 2009 | Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly describes result as sound in a challenging year.
2 October 2009 | New research has confirmed the dominance of the mortgage market by the big banks, which now hold a combined share of 73.8 per cent.
28 September 2009 | Philip Chronican will lead the Australian business, including the ING wealth management operations, which the bank wholly acquired on Friday.
23 September 2009 | More than 70 per cent of business banking customers were satisfied with their financial institution over the past six months, despite all four big banks recording a decrease in satisfaction.