Business
Banking & finance
HESTA pressures Australia’s largest companies to adopt gender targets across entire organisation
The $87 billion fund has written to the ASX 300 companies it invests in to commit to ensuring 40 per cent of its staff are women.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Executive shake-up
Westpac to shift gears on business banking, new CEO says
Incoming CEO Anthony Miller sees opportunities for growth in the agriculture, education, professional services and healthcare sectors.Â
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Opinion
Home loans
Rise of the mortgage broker: Battle brews over home loan spoils
Major banks are engaged in a rearguard action to retain relationships with home loan customers, after the transformative rise of mortgage brokers.
- by Clancy Yeates
Westpac whistleblower ‘bullied’ after raising suspected criminal activity complaints at RAMS
A Westpac whistleblower has said she was bullied after making internal complaints about suspected criminal activity at the bank’s RAMS Home Loans mortgage broking subsidiary.Â
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Millennials, you could be $50,000 richer by retirement, says ASIC
The nation’s out-of-touch super funds don’t do enough to engage with young customers, the corporate regulator says.
- by Brittany Busch
Small businesses hit with $7 billion in unexpected costs
Small businesses buckling under the pressure of rising costs and a sluggish economy have been hit with $7 billion in unexpected costs in the past year, highlighting the financial pressure on the nation’s engine room.Â
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Opinion
Budgeting
Learning how to spend money well can make you happier
Chasing a never-ending list of wants may not bring you happiness, but neither will cutting them all out.
- by Paridhi Jain
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Macquarie Bank
The definition of ‘good with money’ has evolved. Here’s why
Life moving online has been a game changer for convenience, experience and control — but it has also brought new risks to stay on top of.
- by Kimberly Gillan
Opinion
Ask an expert
I’d like to give my parents $400,000. Will it affect their age pension?
My parents are concerned they will lose the pension after receiving my gift.
- by Noel Whittaker
‘Astronomical’ rise in mortgage offset accounts since the pandemic: NAB
Australians aged under 55 have been rapidly eating into their savings as they bear the brunt of the Reserve Bank’s fight against inflation.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Opinion
World markets
Why this booming, opaque corner of finance has watchdogs worried
This $US2 trillion market is in the sights of regulators, and many of us are indirectly exposed to its risks through superannuation.
- by Clancy Yeates