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A review from the corporate regulator of the six largest financial services institutions shows they have collectively paid or offered $1.86 billion in compensation for fe...
Financial planning
Fee for no service and inappropriate advice issues are continuing to dog the Commonwealth Bank even though it has substantially exited financial planning....
People & Products
Former CBA head of programmatic funding, Rob Kenna, will become head of NSW Government investment and financial management partner TCorp....
Financial planning
In reaching his decision, Justice Lee rejected the submission from the bank that it had acted expeditiously to remedy the effort and found the bank’s delay was particular...
Policy & Regulation
The corporate regulator is suing the Commonwealth Bank for misleading conduct over its monthly access fees, which saw $55 million incorrectly charged to customers....
Financial planning
The class action was in relation to the US bank bill swap rate and the trading of products based on the rate. ...
Policy & Regulation
The big four bank has disputed claims from the Finance Sector Union that it is asking members to vote for “wage theft”....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has successfully pursued a Royal Commission case study referral against the Commonwealth Bank involving overcharged i...
Property
The Commonwealth Bank has announced the merger of its Aussie Home Loans business with online platform Lendi....
Life/Risk
Commonwealth Bank has announced its divestment of 37.5% equity interest in BoCommLife to MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings has been approved by the China Banking and Insuran...
Financial planning
As an acknowledgement of the “substantial progress” the bank has made on its remedial action plan to improve its risk management capability, the Australian Prudential Reg...
Funds management
Holding a low weight to financial stocks is the common denominator between those Australian equity funds which have reported double-digit gains over the past year. ...
Funds management
While the major banks have been resilient and avoided a worst-case scenario by holding strong balance sheets during the economic downturn, they still have “a big job” ahe...
People & Products
Anne Ward, chair of Colonial First State and Avanteos Investments, will retire from the board at the end of the year as the Commonwealth Bank looks to sell CFS to KKR....
People & Products
First Sentier Investors has announced the completion of its rebrand from First State Investments to First Sentier Investors in all markets ex Australia. ...
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Podcast
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...