The Australian Securities and Investment Commission announced today it has banned Element Finance Group director Tim Zheng from engaging in credit activities for at least three years.
Housing finance provider Australian Finance Group says lending for homes in the first quarter of the 2020 financial year in Western Australia has rebounded from record low levels to reach its highest figure since the end of the 2017 fiscal year.
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Commonwealth Bank-owned Bankwest is slashing its three-year owner-occupier mortgage rate as lenders chase an ever decreasing number of suitable home loan customers.
Housing finance provider Australian Finance Group says lending for homes in the first three months of 2019 in Western Australia has plunged to the lowest level since it began tracking mortgage values in mid-2012.
Research released today by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has found a gender pay gap of $162,000 between Australia's highest paid men and women, but women are progressing into full-time management roles at a faster rate than men.
Bankwest has signalled its desire to expand its east coast presence, by signing a multi-year naming rights deal with the NSW government for a new 30,000-seat stadium in western Sydney.
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Bankwest has posted a $681 million net profit for the 2018 financial year on the back of increased lending and a reduction in bad loans relative to 2017.
A Perth-based banking consultant who helped banks in Africa develop more customer-centric strategies believes a return to that model would benefit Australian institutions.
BN 25th Anniversary series- WA has been slow to introduce private ownership to some state industries, although a series of moves during the Court era generated benefits, according to one prominent WA economist.
Dale Alcock's ABN Group has recruited former Arrium managing director Andrew Roberts as its chief executive, while announcing Bankwest as its new banking partner, after nearly 40 years with ANZ.
The Small Business Lounge on Mount Hawthorn's Oxford Street is just the first step for founder Brooke Arnott, who plans to take the advisory concept nation wide.
Western Australia has continued its trend of marginal population growth, with the state registering growth of 0.9 per cent for the 12 months to September, as interstate migration remains in negative territory.
Former banker and company director Warwick Kent, who led the revival of Bankwest after big losses in the early 1990s and through its subsequent privatisation, passed away this week at his home in NSW.
Luxury home builder A Di Bucci & Son has won top prize at the 2018 Master Builders-Bankwest Housing Excellence Awards, which were held over the weekend at a black-tie event at Crown's Grand Ballroom.
Bankwest has recorded a $339 million net profit for the first half of the financial year, fuelled by solid income growth and flat expenses, along with lower loan impairments compared to 2016.
The education, arts, accommodation and agriculture sectors were the state's biggest job creators in the five years to November 2017, according to data recently released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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Westpac Bank has absorbed the Western Australian business banking operations of its wholly-owned subsidiary St George Bank, adding to a string of changes in the sector.
Tech and science leaders say achieving a greater diversity of thought in their fields requires entry and senior roles be made more accessible to women.
Subiaco-based Small Business Matters is hoping the 'buy local' message of its new online portal will resonate with consumers ahead of Small Business Day this Saturday.
Pie producer Mrs Mac's has joined Gage Roads Brewing Company as WA-based suppliers to Perth Stadium, as the state government finalised a deal with the AFL but remained silent on speculation on the naming rights.
Cooler conditions and decent rainfall have prompted the grain industry association to boost production forecasts across regional Western Australia by 12.4 per cent.
