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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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Policy & Regulation

The Commonwealth Bank is facing more court action – this time the possibility of a $5 million penalty resulting from a Royal Commission referral relating to its so-called...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission had staff on-site at the major banks and AMP for 216 days during October 2018 and December 2019....

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Funds management

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has retained its spot as one of the world’s biggest dividend payers, although it has fallen from 15th place in 2018 to 20th last year. ...

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