Awards and Achievements

HBOS Australia

Announced and began east coast expansion of 125 new retail and 35 business banking locations under the BankWest brand.

IQPC Mortgage Processing Awards

  • Best New Shared Services Organisation (less than three years old)

BankWest Business

BRW Business Banking Awards:

BankWest Retail

Money Magazine 2007 Best of the Best Awards:

Money Magazine 2007 Consumer Finance Awards

  • Seniors Bank of the Year

Australian Broker Magazine

  • Best full doc variable commercial loan

IQPC Mortgage Processing Awards

  • Best Demonstration of Customer Satisfaction within the entire Mortgage Value Chain
  • Best Use of Technology and Automation Achieving Quick Turn Around Times from Origination to Settlement

Financial Review Smart Investor Blue Ribbon Awards 2007

BOS International

Opening of a BOS International office in Hong Kong which serves as a base for transactions arranged in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and India.

Formation of Australand Retail Trust - a joint venture with the Australand property group which has already seen the acquisition of retail properties in New South Wales and Victoria.

Residential development joint venture with AVJennings to develop the former Brickswork site at Eastwood (NSW)

Capital Finance

Became the finance supplier for Harley-Davidson Australia, providing a range of finance products to 43 Harley-Davidson dealerships nationally under the Harley-Davidson Finance brand.

St Andrew's Australia

Acquisition of Whittaker Macnaught financial planning.

Launch of Lite Super superannuation product.

Launch of Assetsure insurance product.

Bank of Scotland Treasury, Australia

Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA): awarded 'prime bank' status