COMMONWEALTH BANK

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission said it will commence a review of school banking programs in primary schools....

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People & Products

Payments fintech, Beem It, has appointed a former Commonwealth Bank executive as its new chief executive officer....

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Life/Risk

Commonwealth Bank has completed the sale of its life insurance business in New Zealand to AIA Group Limited....

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Editorial

The Commonwealth Bank’s announcement about how it will demerge its Colonial First State and other wealth businesses brings an end to an 18-year strategy, which started as...

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Life/Risk

New data released by Dexx&r has confirmed that exiting bank ownership has paid dividends for MLC Life barely two years after being substantially divested by NAB....

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Funds management

The Commonwealth Bank is to exit its Colonial First State Global Asset Management business via a public float on the Australian Securities Exchange....

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Policy & Regulation

The regulator has accepted an enforceable undertaking from Commonwealth Financial Planning and BW Financial Advice for charging fees to customers for advice reviews that ...

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Financial planning

New data has confirmed the degree to which the Government’s $1.6 million pension cap has choked flows into retirement income....

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People & Products

Commonwealth Bank announces board changes as part of its renewal process....

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Financial planning

A strong performance by its Wealth Division has helped the Commonwealth Bank record another increased half-year profit despite provisioning of more than $500 million for ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison, has cited the impending passage of the Bank Executive Accountability Regime when discussing the appointment of a new Commonwealth B...

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People & Products

The Commonwealth Bank has appointed an internal candidate, Retail Bank head, Matt Comyn, as its new CEO....

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Financial planning

Ten per cent of advice files from the major banks and AMP sampled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission proved to be of significant concern....

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Policy & Regulation

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has admitted to a major breach of Australian money laundering regulations in the wake of AUSTRAC’s investigation....

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Financial planning

Mike Taylor comments that the Commonwealth Bank board has clearly decided on radical change via the sale of CommInsure, the likely splitting off of Colonial First State G...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

3 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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