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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 Citigroup Inc. in London, is joining as equity strategist, replacing Pieter Stoltz who left to become hea...