March 2022
Inside the Financial Review’s 70th anniversary gala
Captains of industry mixed with masters of the capital markets who bumped shoulders with prime ministers, treasurers and regulators, each as instantly recognisable as the next.
- Myriam Robin
February 2022
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Westpac languishes at half the value of CBA after lost decade
Australia’s oldest bank was once the country’s biggest and best performing. Now, it trades at the largest discount to its big four peers in history.
- Updated
- Tony Boyd
December 2021
Former Labor MP sells $25m Vaucluse trophy home to buy $35m mansion
Ros Kelly and her husband, who used to be Westpac’s CEO, have swapped their desirable dwelling for a more expensive house in the same elite Sydney suburb.
- Lucy Macken
May 2021
How to start thinking like a CEO
Would-be chief executive officers need to start broadening their horizons and gathering the best possible people around them.
- Sally Patten
March 2021
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Cboe-owned Chi-X still far from challenging ASX
The arrival in Australia of Cboe Global Markets, one of the world’s largest exchange holding companies, will enhance competition but it won’t be a game-changer.
- Tony Boyd
October 2020
Brian Hartzer's Practical Guide to Image Rehabilitation
The former Westpac chief is – of course – writing a book. This one isn't a memoir though.
- Myriam Robin and Michael Roddan
June 2020
Former Westpac boss David Morgan in bid for NAB's MLC Wealth
One of the godfathers of Australia's banking industry, David Morgan, is behind a bid to buy National Australia Bank's big superannuation and advice arm MLC Wealth.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
April 2020
'Great Australian' Ted Evans dies, aged 79
Tributes are flowing in for one of the country's economic giants, former federal Treasury secretary and Westpac chairman Ted Evans, who died on Sunday morning.
- John Kehoe
January 2020
Westpac chair has gift of the gab
John McFarlane’s people skills are just what the bank needs right now, say a former colleague, rival and boss.
- James Frost
December 2019
David Morgan rules himself out of Westpac chairmanship
"I am not seeking, have never sought, and would not accept the chairmanship of Westpac," the bank's former CEO says.
- Patrick Durkin
November 2019
Westpac's PR boss Carolyn McCann must go
After its unmitigated public relations fiasco, the Westpac brand needs a fresh keeper.
- Joe Aston
October 2019
CEOs blame investors, banks for high hurdle rates
Chief executives and chairman aren't rushing to lower hurdle rates, despite urging from RBA governor Philip Lowe.
- Sue Mitchell, Angela Macdonald-Smith, Yolanda Redrup, Peter Ker and Sally Patten
Why doing what you love is bad advice
Sure, do something you like, says former Westpac CEO David Morgan. But it also needs to be something you're good at.
- Sally Patten