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CBA to close institutional equities business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
Commonwealth Bank is closing its institutional equities business following a strategic partnership with Goldman Sachs investment bank. Commonwealth Bank's proprietary institutional equities team that forms part of the bank's institutional banking and ...

AZ NGA acquires sixth practice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... the Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom licence. Harvest Wealth is AZ NGA's sixth acquisition, following Pride Advice, CBA-aligned practices Eureka Whittaker Macnaught and Lifestyle Financial Planning Services, Financial Lifestyle Partners and Wise ...

CBA refunds $80m for failing to apply discounts

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will refund about $80 million to around 216,000 Wealth Package customers as a compensation for failing to apply fee waivers, interest concessions and other benefits since 2008. The Wealth Package offered benefits such as interest ...

Women program to reach all CBA advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
CBA's advice arm will extend its Woman and Financial Planning education program to all of its 600 employed planners. The program, which has been trialled with 110 advisers from Financial Wisdom and Count Financial, educates advisers about women's unique ...

SelectingSuper Awards recognise super leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... Asgard, Australian Super, Austsafe, AvSuper, BUSS(Q), Catholic Super, CareSuper, Catholic Super, Cavendish Superannuation, CBA, CFS FirstChoice, Christian Super, Energy Super, Equip Super, First State Super, GESB, Heffron SMSF Solutions, HESTA, HOSTPLUS ...

Paradigm appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... Danaher joins Paradigm from Industry Fund Services, where he was also chief executive. He has also held roles at Q Invest, CBA and MLC. Commenting on his appointment, he said, "I am delighted to be joining Paradigm at this stage, and excited about the ...

CBA embeds ESG into investment, wealth management

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has introduced stronger environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies and practices across its investment and wealth management divisions. The new Wealth Management Responsible Investing Framework will integrate ESG into ...

Macquarie and CBA in global top 100

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
Macquarie and Commonwealth Bank are the only Australian companies to have made it into the top 100 largest fund managers globally, according to a survey by Pensions & Investments and Towers Watson. Of the top 50 managers in the annual Pensions & Investments/Towers ...

FSC, Deloitte name Future Leader Award winner

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
An executive manager of wealth management at Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is the winner of this year's Financial Services Council/Deloitte Future Leader award. Laura Bielinko was awarded for her creative approach to retirement income, which included a proposal ...

CBA whistleblower flags unfair compensation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
CBA has been accused of severely mishandling its Open Advice Review program by a former employee. Former Open Advice Review assessment manager Russell Phillips alleged at the Senate Standing Committees on Economics Scrutiny of Financial Advice public ...