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- Oct 3, 2024
- 5 pages
Today
Westpac’s Peter King keeps his promise on Tiwi Islands consultation
The outgoing CEO had said at last year’s AGM that he would to visit Indigenous leaders on country to listen to concerns about Santos’ Barossa gas project.
- 1 hr ago
- James Eyers
September
Macquarie leads the pack in end-of-year mortgage scramble
Official figures show the financial services giant’s loan book rose at four times the pace of its big bank rivals in August.
- Lucas Baird
George Frazis becomes the Madonna of banking
“George” is the banking equivalent of a triple threat: he can handle it all!
- Myriam Robin
Inflation to hit three-year low, but don’t expect a rate cut: Bullock
Michele Bullock says she will ignore data on Wednesday that is likely to show inflation back in target band, warning government energy rebates will not bring forward a rate cut.
- Updated
- Michael Read
Cashback promos quietly return as battle for home loans intensifies
Some of Australia’s biggest banks are once again offering upfront cash incentives to lure and retain borrowers.
- Lucas Baird
ASX winning streak faces CBA dividend reinvestment test
The “hyper-rally” in Commonwealth Bank shares that has helped the ASX smash its record high may come to an end thanks to a little-known force: its DRP.
- Lucas Baird and Alex Gluyas
Pocket money apps are popular, but are they worth it?
What to know about Spriggy and Kit – and where to look for an even better deal.
- Michelle Bowes
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Meet Australia’s riskiest mortgage customers
The wave of mortgage refinancing that has occurred in the past two years is now starting to show up in loan delinquencies.
- James Thomson
EY partner sued by ATO was Bill Papas’ former adviser
Despite Peter White’s many vigorous efforts, he can now be named. And we can tell you about his cameo in another recent white-collar saga.
- Myriam Robin
ASX nears record; Trump shooting crisis; Bunnings CEO hits back
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Bank merger killed as RAMS fallout spreads
P&N Bank canned its merger with Beyond Bank days after the Financial Review revealed the latter’s CEO, Jake Bromwich, was stood down by Westpac.
- Lucas Baird
Westpac shunted RAMS boss before he took Beyond job
Westpac stood down RAMS boss Jake Bromwich, now the CEO of Beyond Bank, and moved him into a different role as it investigated a whistleblower’s claims.
- Lucas Baird
- Updated
- Executive shake-up
Westpac’s new boss Anthony Miller sets down his vision
The former Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs investment banker, who joined Westpac in 2020, will succeed 30-year veteran Peter King in December.
- Updated
- James Eyers and Lucas Baird
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Westpac’s new CEO is the Goldman money man cut from a different cloth
Plenty of investment bankers try to make it in Australia’s big four banks but few get there. Anthony Miller was always different.
- Anthony Macdonald
How Westpac’s new boss learnt to swim
As the brother of two Olympians, Anthony Miller has squared the family ledger by winning the Westpac CEO race.
- Lucas Baird and James Eyers
Contactless payments take the more expensive route
Readers’ letters on card payment fees; poor Westpac culture; engineering limits; Bill Shorten’s exit; Labor and productivity; and cartoonist David Rowe.
ASX slumps; Westpac gets new CEO; Boomers drive luxe apartment demand
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Westpac’s accidental CEO hands successor a potential booby trap
Outgoing boss Peter King has been impressive turning the bank around after a scandal. But his replacement Anthony Miller has one tricky repair job to execute.
- James Thomson
- Updated
- Courts
Westpac allegedly bullied ‘troublemaker’ staffer who raised RAMS fraud
The bank’s head of audit and risk also alleges that executives sidelined her. The prudential and corporate regulators are investigating.
- Updated
- Lucas Baird
- Opinion
- Investing
How Australia’s ‘magnificent 10’ contributed to returns over 20 years
How costly was failing to pick the ASX’s 10 top performers over the past two decades? Vanguard did the sums
- Carole Okigbo