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Cohen admitted that "we did have poor systems, we did not have the right people, and we did not have the right culture."
Just a few weeks ago Ian Nirev was on this very site suggesting that any suggestion of 'cultural' issues within CBA FP was just plain wrong..... it was all a few bad apples.
I called this out then and now CBA's own general council may have just contradicted him. Is this the first time CBA has publicly admitted that its issues were systemic? Despite the whistle blowers, lawyers and ASIC stating that was the case.
Let's not get too excited. Read this from CBA's own website https://www.commbank.com.au/ab...
Now tell me if this reflects the ASIC reports and CBA's own testimony today?
Unbelievable
Annabel is incorrect. All Senior Financial Planner means at CFP is that they deal with clients worth above $500K and have a wider APL