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CBA appoints group executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
The Commonwealth Bank will aim to transform its traditional retail and small business banking model with the appointment of a new group executive to the international financial services leadership team. Coen Jonker has been promoted to the role after ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
Like the story of the blind man and an elephant, interpretations are often derived from which part of the animal you touched. Such is the case with the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) elephant - the latest update on Australia's "International ...

ClearView slams APL standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Listed financial advice firm ClearView criticised the Financial Services Council's life insurance approved product list draft standard as superficial and ineffectual, saying it will only allow sub-par practices to continue. ClearView managing director ...

CBA CFO to retire, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
Commonwealth Bank group chief financial officer David Craig will step down from the role at the close of the financial year, with the bank naming his successor. In announcing Craig's retirement, CBA chief executive Ian Narev described him as a linchpin ...

We have made mistakes: CBA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
Commonwealth Bank of Australia's chief executive Ian Narev told a parliamentary inquiry this morning the bank made mistakes and still has a lot of work to do. On day two of the major banks review, Narev fronted the House of Representative's Standing ...

More firepower in Challenger play

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
February's flood of half-year reports from listed retail investment managers conveys a critical narrative about the changing nature of wealth product manufacturers and their respective distribution strategies. As investment manager profits remain under ...

CBA records $4.9bn half-year profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
Commonwealth Bank's wealth management arm recorded a $249 million profit in the second half of 2016, up 6% on the first six months of the calendar year. The wealth division was a small contributor to CBA's overall net profit after tax of $4.9 billion ...

Buying American

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
"We will have so much winning if I get elected that you may get bored with winning." (Donald Trump) POTUS appears to be fulfilling another of his campaign promises if the latest stats on the country's international trade are anything to go by. The US ...

Xero CFO takes on new role in leadership shuffle

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
A senior manager at cloud-based accounting software company Xero will now have a combined role as part of organisational changes mentioned back in October. At the time, Xero's board said that management changes would allow chief financial officer Sankar ...

A$ drop brings good cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
So this is Christmas and what have you done (John Lennon)? No, it wasn't me, it was Donald! Thanks to the good tidings Santa Trump delivered (or talked of delivering) - infrastructure building and rebuilding, deregulation, tax reform. Ones that are ...