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Just more than two years since taking the reins at National Australia Bank, Ross McEwan is shaping up as the bank’s best CEO since Don Argus left in 1999.

Global investment bank UBS will be hard to topple from its leading positions in equity capital markets and M&A in Australia. But Barrenjoey is doing all the right things to achieve that goal.

The investment bank start-up has lured talent from its larger rivals as it battles to grow market share, according to Dealogic.

Analysts expect Westpac to unveil a $4 billion to $5 billion share buyback before the market opens on Monday, although some think the funds should be invested in digital.

(Bloomberg) -- UBS Group AG hired four new people and promoted two others for its equities and research team in Australia and New Zealand, as it continues to rebuild a team raided by rivals in recent months. The Swiss lender hired John Storey from JPMorgan Chase & Co in South Africa as banks analyst, UBS said Thursday. Storey fills a position left vacant when top-rated analyst Jonathan Mott left for startup bank Barrenjoey Capital Partners earlier this year. Richard Schellbach, formerly at Citig...

Since the poaching of Jonathan Mott, UBS hasn’t covered the results of the nation’s banks.

UBS Vows to Pay Up to Rebuild Australia Team After Raid This content was published on March 15, 2021 - 21:47 March 15, 2021 - 21:47 (Bloomberg) -- UBS Group AG has vowed to pay up for top talent to rebuild its team in Australia following a poaching spree from upstart rivals in the country where the Swiss bank has dominated deals in recent decades. The Australian business, consistently one of the best performers for the bank globally, has been under pressure in recent months as former executives...

2 Min Read SYDNEY, March 15 (Reuters) - Around 10 UBS Australia staff, including top banking analyst Jonathan Mott and top mining analyst Glyn Lawcock, have resigned from their multi-decade long positions at the Swiss investment bank, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. Both Mott and Lawcock, have been hired by Barrenjoey Capital Partners, a startup partly owned by Barclays Plc and Magellan Financial Group, according to the Australia Financial Review, which first reported the moves. ...

Barrenjoey Capital snags ASX licence, raids UBS talent We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Investment bank startup Barrenjoey Capital has passed a crucial operating hurdle, gaining a licence to operate on the ASX and Chi-X platforms, as it continues to raid executive talent from rival groups in an attempt to quickly establish itself as a top-tier market player. The ASX admitted Barrenjoey Capital as a market partic...

‘We anticipated the raids’: How Barrenjoey’s poaching day unfolded for UBS We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss March 15, 2021 — 4.46pm Save Normal text size Advertisement From the salubrious Chifley Square executive offices at Australia’s regularly ranked top investment bank, UBS, the governing executives had been ready for the final push against it. More than a year ago, when the industry got wind of a new investment...