HBOS launches growth strategy.(HBOS Australia )(Brief article)

Kate Kachor

HBOS Australia has embarked on an aggressive growth strategy to increase its financial adviser numbers by utilising its multiple brands.

Through its ownership of financial services groups BankWest , St Andrews and Whittaker Macnaught , the group has employed qualified financial advisers, recruited cadet advisers, as well as trained banking staff to be PS 146 compliant.

HBOS Australia chief executive John Van Der Wielen said there are currently eight banking staff from BankWest in Perth who are PS 146 compliant and are being used in a t