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CBA research lead heads to Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
Commonwealth Bank's executive manager of research has resigned to take up a role at Morningstar, the two companies confirmed. After 11 years in the role, Aman Ramrakha will now join Morningstar as director, manager research ratings APAC. He will ...

Boutique manager expands fixed income team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... and trading capabilities. Wadhera has 21 years' experience in global fixed income, most of which was spent at Commonwealth Bank's global fixed income derivatives trading. With an actuarial background, he brings strong quantitative skills to the ...

Scott Morrison becomes Prime Minister, markets react

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... strength takes into account a greater degree of fragmentation in broad political representation at the level of the Commonwealth over recent years which, at times, constrains the capacity of successive governments to pursue policy changes." Outgoing ...

Aussie instos back world-first blockchain bond

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Seven institutional investors have backed the world's first blockchain bond developed by Commonwealth Bank and the World Bank. First State Super, NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), Treasury Corporation of Victoria, CBA, QBE and SAFA signed on as ...

ASIC defends enforceable undertakings at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... generally put to us that licence conditions can be a stronger outcome than an EU," he said. Kell gave an example: Commonwealth Financial Planning's undertaking and the way in which there had been failures in compliance with aspect of that undertaking ...

Financial crime taskforce puts two behind bars

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... by the Serious and Financial Crimes Taskforce," O'Dwyer said. Agencies forming the SFCT include the ATO, AFP, Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Attorney-General's Department, Australian ...

First on the block: CBA to develop blockchain bond

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... Australia's biggest bank is set to deliver the world's first blockchain bond, in partnership with the World Bank. Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will deliver the first bond in the world to be created, allocated, transferred and managed using blockchain technology. ...

CBA readies wealth demerger, records $9.2bn cash profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
Investors looking to buy Commonwealth Bank's demerged wealth management arm now have a clearer picture about what it looks like - a business which has generated after-tax profit of more than $500 million for the past two years. NewCo, or Commonwealth ...

ASIC staff to investigate institutions from the inside

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... six key measures, including $8 million for a new supervisory program in which ASIC staff will be embedded within Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, NAB, Westpac and AMP to monitor governance and compliance. Additionally, a taskforce dedicated to conducting a broad ...

Financial abuse: A hidden epidemic

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
Commonwealth Bank is extending its domestic and family violence support program due to customer need, with its helpline receiving about 90,000 calls in the first month. Initially launched as a 12-month pilot in November 2017, the CBA Domestic and Family ...