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CBA commits to bond-structured climate change solutions

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
The Commonwealth Bank is aiming to grow the climate and green-aligned bond sector in Australia with a new global partnership. The bank, who arranged $1.02 billion of climate bonds into the Australia medium term note market in the 2017 financial year ...

Labor, FSU call for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
APRA's inquiry into the Commonwealth Bank reinforces an urgent need for a banking Royal Commission, according to Labor and the Finance Sector Union of Australia. If there are doubts about the need for a Royal Commission a year ago, there can be no doubts ...

APRA launches inquiry into CBA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will establish an independent inquiry into the Commonwealth Bank, following a series of scandals which have called the integrity of Australia's largest bank into question. The inquiry, conducted by an APRA-appointed ...

CBA faces shareholder class action

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
The Commonwealth Bank is potentially facing the largest shareholder class action in Australian history, according to Maurice Blackburn Lawyers. In a statement, Maurice Blackburn said it was partnering with litigation funder IMF Bentham to open registrations ...

IRESS eyes future earning potential following reduced profit

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... and South African markets data and analytics provider INET BFA. IRESS has also deployed its technology to the Commonwealth Bank, Statewide Super, and Close Brothers Asset Management. Fund administrator MainstreamBPO announced its intention to acquire ...

ASIC and CBA discussing potential advice problem

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
The hits keep coming for Commonwealth Bank with new details of problems within the bank that have cost customers and employees millions of dollars. Hours after the bank was forced to refund more than $10 million for mis-sold consumer credit insurance ...

CBA chief executive will stand down

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
Embattled Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev will retire from the bank by the end of the 2018 financial year, board chair Catherine Livingstone has announced. The decision, said to have been made by the board in conjunction with Narev, will ...

BlackRock takes majority stake in Australian solar farm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... for the project, comprising about $90 million, will be provided by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, the Commonwealth Bank and Natixis. CEFC chief executive Ian Learmonth said the two farms "are helping drive Australia's clean energy transformation ...

Former investment bankers behind new platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... previously served as a managing director at JPMorgan Chase Bank, executive manager - structured securities at Commonwealth Bank and chief executive of VentureCrowd. Miller was most recently managing director and head of derivatives sales at UBS Australia ...

CBA contemplates CommInsure sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
Commonwealth Bank confirmed in its annual results presentation that third parties are discussing an acquisition of the bank's life insurance business. Describing CommInsure as a "strong business with scale, expertise, competitive products and access ...