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Financial system not designed to best support growth and investment: Westpac Deputy CEO
Westpac Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Philip Coffey delivered a speech to a CEDA audience in Sydney on 13 June 2014. He discussed Australia's financial system with emphasis on the role of banks in capital investment and government reform in the banking system.
12/06/2014
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