WESTPAC

Superannuation

Accused of being the power brokers behind the ousting of former Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer, a Parliamentary enquiry has questioned two of the big four banks wh...

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Financial planning

The two banks will be probed by a parliamentary committee on its Royal Commission recommendation implementation progress along with implications of common ownership and c...

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Policy & Regulation

Successful litigation against NAB, Westpac and Dixon Advisory could add enough to the corporate regulators coffers to cover the difference from the reduced levy....

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Financial planning

The penalty is in relation to proceedings brought by the corporate regulator in 2016 around personal advice given to customers over external superannuation account rollov...

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Life/Risk

The sale of Westpac Life Insurance Services sees the bank’s exit manufacturing life insurance products and would release capital back to the bank. ...

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Policy & Regulation

A review from the corporate regulator of the six largest financial services institutions shows they have collectively paid or offered $1.86 billion in compensation for fe...

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Financial planning

BT Funds Management and Asgard Capital will pay $3 million after the two entities made false and deceptive conduct to over 400 customers. ...

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People & Products

Catherine Kovacs will serve as a member of the audit, risk and compliance committee on the platform provider’s board....

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Life/Risk

The bank will sell its life insurance arm to Fidelity Life Assurance Company in its latest step to simplify the business....

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Financial planning

The big four bank will remediate customers of its financial advice business for failure to notify them of corporate actions between 2005 to 2019....

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Life/Risk

As previously announced, Allianz will enter into an exclusive 20-year agreement for the distribution of general insurance products to Westpac’s customers....

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Financial planning

Westpac has decided to retain Westpac New Zealand after discussions about whether a demerger was in the best interests of shareholders. ...

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Financial planning

BlackRock, NAB, Westpac and Vanguard are among the other highly-rated financial services organisations, according to Super Recruiters’ Network Investor Perception Ranking...

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Policy & Regulation

If successful, it will be only the second win in Australia against a company for insider trading, but also has the potential to be another big loss in court for the corpo...

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Financial planning

The proceedings related to the bank's role in executing a $12 billion interest rate swap transaction with AustralianSuper and a group of IFM entities....

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