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Analysis from AMP Capital shows consumer confidence is back to pre-COVID levels, but not yet to its historical peak....

Policy & Regulation

Westpac has confirmed the career and salary consequences that has flowed from its AUSTRAC scandal....

Financial planning

The Federal Court will ultimately decide how much OneVue retrieves from this week’s sale of the Sargon operating business, while the company maintains it is still on trac...

Funds management

IML Investors has said it is reluctant to add exposure to the big four banks as it believes the risk/return in the sector is unappealing....

Funds management

The bank aims to provide $3.5 billion of new lending to climate change solutions over the next three years. ...

Financial planning

The bank has created a new division that will encompass its wealth platforms, superannuation and retirement products, investments, general and life insurance, and auto fi...

Features

Mike Taylor writes that timing is everything and that while Westpac and ANZ have largely cleared their books of their wealth management businesses, the Commonwealth Bank ...

People & Products

Ainslie van Onselen will replace interim chief executive officer Simon Hann from 18 May, 2020. ...

Financial planning

Westpac has announced it expects to see $2.2 billion (pre-tax) in impairment charges in the first half of 2020, with $1.6 billion of this related to the impact of COVID-1...

Funds management

Faced with COVID-19 factors, Westpac has announced new and increased provisioning and asset write-downs totalling around $1.4 billion....

Financial planning

The likelihood that businesses won’t restart and customers won’t be able to start paying down their mortgages have been factors in ratings house Fitch downgrading Westpac...

Financial planning

Westpac has revised downwards its expectations for unemployment from 11% to 9% in light of the newly-unveiled JobKeeper proposals....

People & Products

Westpac’s board has opted for certainty and experience by elevating acting chief executive, Peter King, to the full-time leadership role....

People & Products

Duncan Hodnett will join from 30 March, 2020, in the newly-created role of head of global distribution....

Funds management

With falling stockmarkets, it is looking inevitable that Australia will fall into a recession, along with most other major markets, but could the world fall into depressi...

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