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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has recorded a solid first half profit driven in large measure by its sale of CFS Global Asset Management....

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Financial planning

Compensation paid by the six largest banking and financial services institutions for fee-for-no-service and non-compliant advice is at $749.7 million, according to the co...

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Financial planning

In 2017 the bank had underpaid staff in pay and entitlements in relation to super due to ‘excessively complex individual employment arrangements’, according to the Financ...

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People & Products

The Commonwealth Bank chief executive will have Marnie Baker, Bendigo and Adelaide bank chief executive, as deputy chair....

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Funds management

In the wake of its money-laundering scandal, most funds that had a high allocation towards the bank managed to recover losses indicating the resilience of big banks....

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Financial planning

Fitch Ratings has said that the AUSTRAC proceedings brought against Westpac were credit negative, but will not have an immediate impact on its ratings....

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Life/Risk

CommInsure will refund $12 million for unfair life insurance telephone sales to around 30,000 customers....

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Financial planning

Just like the big industry superannuation funds, the banks are embracing salaried planners as integral to retaining a foothold in wealth management....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has confirmed a round of redundancies is underway within Commonwealth Financial Planning....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank intends staying in the advice market despite its recent close-down of aligned advice and the sale of Count Financial, according to its chief executi...

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has provided a broadly positive first quarter trading update including the costs so far associated with advice remediation....

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Life/Risk

AIA and the Commonwealth Bank have translated the CommInsure acquisition into a 25-year distribution arrangement....

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Superannuation

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has acknowledged the two class actions against Colonial First State that were filed last week....

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Superannuation

Former Colonial First State executive director, Linda Elkins may have left the company and become a partner at KPMG but she has been named in a class action filing....

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Life/Risk

CommInsure has been charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for offering to sell life insurance products via non-compliant unsolicited phone calls...

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