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Official recession not that scary: Economists

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... much more successful than in most other nations around the world." Gareth Aird, head of Australian economics at Commonwealth Bank, said the contraction was greater than anticipated, but is still not as scary as it seems. "The miss for us was on household ...

CommSec adds general manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... on a new leadership role at CommSec. Ben Smoker was recently appointed general manager, broking and markets within Commonwealth Bank's retail brokerage arm. He joined from Westpac where he served as an investment director, catering to the group's ...

IOOF names licensee chiefs, acquires platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... was founded by Tim Woodhouse, a former Avant Solutions managing director, ING business development manager and Commonwealth Bank senior manager. IOOF chief executive Renato Mota said Wealth Central is an important piece in its transformation. "This is ...

Challenges on the horizon for CountPlus

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... and a future-ready client centric advice model takes place," he said. After buying back Count Financial from Commonwealth Bank last year, 101 advisers left. However, over the same period a further 46 advisers came on board. Of the 101 advisers that left ...

Household debt a major risk: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... take into account when targeting macroeconomic policy to respond to economic shocks." The report comes as the Commonwealth Bank released its most recent PMI data which showed the ongoing economic effects of COVID-19. The latest PMI data showed business ...

ASIC drops CBA investigation

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
Commonwealth Bank has announced the corporate watchdog will not be taking any action against the bank nor its directors over a money laundering and counter-terrorism scandal identified by AUSTRAC three years ago. In an ASX announcement, CBA told investors ...

Advice remediation tops $1bn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
AMP, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie, National Australia Bank and Westpac have paid or offered a total of $1.05 billion in compensation to customers as a result of fee for no service, misconduct and non-compliance advice, according to ASIC. ASIC said ...

Boe Pahari steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... experience in global financial services, including as the local chief executive of Mizuho Bank in Australia and Commonwealth Bank (CBA) in Japan. She has expertise across fixed interest, treasury, institutional banking, risk management and financial ...

Chief economist update: Second wave turning our V into a W

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
Australia's private sector activity is back, back in contraction that is. The Commonwealth Bank flash Australia composite PMI fell to a reading of 48.8 in August - indicating "Contraction, change of direction" - from 57.8 in July - indicating "Expansion ...

Superannuation critical to economic recovery

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... Brisbane Airport are superannuation and other institutional funds, including the likes of Colonial First State, Commonwealth Bank Group Super, MTAA Super, Sunsuper and UniSuper. In addition AustralianSuper, Cbus, HESTA and Hostplus are major investors ...