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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n Save this article for later<\/p>\n Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.<\/p>\n Got it<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n The former chief executive of ANZ Bank, Shayne Elliott, has ended his legal action against the bank after it denied him $13.5 million in bonuses<\/a> following a string of regulatory woes at the big four giant.<\/p>\n The Melbourne-based bank, which had previously vowed to defend the court case vigorously, said on Tuesday it had not made any payments or commitments to Elliott.<\/p>\n \u201cANZ today welcomed the decision by former chief executive officer Shayne Elliott to discontinue legal proceedings relating to remuneration outcomes in the 2025 financial year,\u201d the bank said.<\/p>\n \u201cAs part of discontinuation, ANZ confirms that no payments or commitments were made to Mr Elliott, with both parties bearing their own costs.\u201d<\/p>\n Elliott missed out on $13.5 million after the bank\u2019s board pushed for accountability for a series of incidents that occurred while he was running the bank, including four court matters that were settled last September, with ANZ agreeing to pay a record $240 million fine.<\/a><\/p>\n In doing so, the bank admitted to unconscionable conduct on a major government bond deal, incorrect reporting of trading data and misconduct affecting nearly 65,000 customers.<\/p>\n In December, Elliott took action in the Supreme Court of NSW, saying he accepted the need for accountability, but he alleged the bank had breached its contract with him.<\/p>\n \u201cThe bank and I had a clear, unambiguous agreement about the terms of my departure. As you would expect, having entered into a contract, my expectation is that those terms would be honoured,\u201d Elliott said in a statement in December. This masthead attempted to contact Elliott on Tuesday.<\/p>\n After Elliott lodged the lawsuit, ANZ\u2019s chairman Paul O\u2019Sullivan told the bank\u2019s annual meeting in December that ANZ was \u201cvery confident of our legal position\u201d regarding the dispute, and he vowed to defend the case.<\/p>\n O\u2019Sullivan also signalled the bank could seek to claw back more bonuses from executives, saying salaries and incentives were a key mechanism for how the bank enforced accountability.<\/p>\n Related Article \u201cI want to be really clear, the board can \u2013 and will \u2013 make future adjustments where appropriate. This methodical assessment over an extended period is consistent with the intent of the law, in terms of regulation, following the Royal Commission, ensuring accountability and alignment over time,\u201d O\u2019Sullivan told the annual meeting.<\/p>\n Elliott left ANZ in May<\/a> after more than nine years in the top job. ANZ\u2019s annual report, published in November, said neither Elliott nor his successor, Nuno Matos, had received a short-term bonus for the 2025 year, and the bank had also cancelled incentives that Elliott was due to receive.<\/p>\n Investors issued ANZ with a hefty protest vote at its annual meeting last year, with 32.4 per cent of votes opposing its remuneration report, delivering the bank a second \u201cstrike\u201d on executive pay.<\/p>\n The Business Briefing newsletter delivers major stories, exclusive coverage and expert opinion. Sign up to get it every weekday morning<\/a>.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n![\"Former](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/b20290cc64ec7a4c0ae1036bd520587973c13637.jpeg\")
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Clancy Yeates<\/a> is deputy business editor. He has covered banking and financial services, and was previously national business correspondent in the Canberra bureau.Connect via X<\/a> or email<\/a>.From our partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"February 24, 2026 \u2014 12:55pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-500287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}