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Funds management

Commonwealth Bank and ANZ are “the worst” offenders with each lending to projects with emissions equivalent to nearly eight years of Australia’s total greenhouse gas emis...

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People & Products

Gary Dransfield, chief executive, insurance (Australia) is to leave Suncorp, as the firm undergoes a leadership restructure. ...

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Funds management

As National Australia Bank group chief executive Ross McEwan warns banking will be less profitable in the short-term, which big four bank has recovered best in the three ...

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Financial planning

Australia’s Big Four banks have been rated on their COVID-19 responses by consumer advocate Choice, with ANZ performing the worst. ...

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Life/Risk

Slater and Gordon have filed a class action against the bank for selling customers “worthless” insurance....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been ordered to pay $5 million for failures in their AgriAdvantage Plus Package. ...

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People & Products

Count Financial has appointed Chris Burton as practice development manager as the business reaffirms its commitment to growth. ...

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Financial planning

Global private equity player KKR is about to pick up 55% of Colonial First State from the Commonwealth Bank and, as Mike Taylor writes, it resolves a lot of challenges fo...

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Financial planning

Financial planning and accounting group, CountPlus has received confirmation from the Commonwealth Bank that 35.85% of the company registered to Colonial First State do n...

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Life/Risk

The last vestiges of the Commonwealth Bank’s involvement in life insurance has ended with its exit from its 80% stake in an Indonesian life business....

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Funds management

IML Investors has said it is reluctant to add exposure to the big four banks as it believes the risk/return in the sector is unappealing....

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Funds management

The bank aims to provide $3.5 billion of new lending to climate change solutions over the next three years. ...

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that timing is everything and that while Westpac and ANZ have largely cleared their books of their wealth management businesses, the Commonwealth Bank ...

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People & Products

A Commonwealth Bank executive and one of the first Chartered Banker graduates in Australia has been appointed to the position....

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that the services of experienced financial advisers have never been in greater demand as clients attempt to come to terms with the market volatility be...

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