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Govt outlines credit reg reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
... could transfer powers over mortgages, mortgage brokers, margin lending, non-bank lending and trustee companies to the Commonwealth. Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, said, "This is about better protection of the Mums ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
... way, advancing 27 cents, or 1.32 per cent, to $20.65. Westpac gained 18 cents, or 0.83 per cent, to $21.97, Commonwealth Bank rose 41 cents, or 0.99 per cent, to $41.90 and National Australia bank added 17 cents, or 0.58 per cent, to $29.54. Takeover ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
... Bureau of Statistics releases national accounts data for the March quarter and the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index for May is revealed. The Australian share market lost ground yesterday, weighed down ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... $11.39. The big banks were also hit hard. At 1204 AEST, Westpac gave up 74 cents, or 3.26 per cent, to $21.93, Commonwealth Bank dropped 66 cents, or 1.57 per cent, to $41.29, ANZ declined 39 cents, or 1.87 per cent, to $20.51 and National Australia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... Australia Bank was 82 cents lower at $30.49, Westpac fell 39 cents to $22.86, ANZ reversed 61 cents to $21.07, and Commonwealth bank of Australia dumped 89 cents to $41.43. In the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton lifted $1.38 to $44.88, and ...

CBA still seeding Colonial funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... Seed funding for a couple of landmark infrastructure investments by Colonial remains on the balance sheet of Commonwealth Bank, in one case more than 15 months after the bank tipped in the capital. In an investor briefing on the bank's wealth management ...

Big lift in company corporate governance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... services sector, BDO Kendalls noted that Australia's four major banks, National Australia Bank, ANZ, Westpac and Commonwealth Bank, all have outstanding corporate governance structures in place, complying with every aspect of best practice guidelines. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... Bank gaining 19 cents to $32.30 and Westpac rising 43 cents to $22.62. But ANZ lost two cents to $21.40 and Commonwealth Bank edging back six cents to $43.24. Westpac takeover target St George lost nine cents to $32.45.

HSBC names new head in personal fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... management, responsible for financial planning, insurance and Premier. Before joining HSBC, Heunis worked for the Commonwealth Bank, establishing its premium banking service. Prior to that he worked in South Africa as a qualified chartered accountant ...

CommSec extends its reach

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Commonwealth Bank executive general manager for private client services, Edward Tait, describes the bank's online brokerage CommSec as a financial services supermarket. At an analysts' briefing yesterday Tait outlined plans to stock the supermarket ...