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Costello's Future Fund career over before it started

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... institutional investor and one of the nation's fastest growing fund. For example, the board already has a chairman in former CommBank chief executive David Murray and six guardians. Any role for Costello would have only been to join the board as an additional ...

CommBank's 64,245 margin calls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
The share market meltdown forced CommBank to triple the number of margin calls in the second half of last year. The impact was that the size of the margin loan book plunged from $8 billion to $5.5 billion in six months, though this is in line with the ...

Westpac number one ADI branch owner

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... to one advantage. In fact the leading two banks alone have more branches than all community banking brands combined. CommBank was found to have the most branches with 1,007 spread around the country, followed by Westpac with 826, ANZ with 816 and NAB ...

End of the world

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... sporadically - to think some semblance of mini recovery might have been in sight. If it could be any worse, Ralph Norris, Commbank chief executive, candidly told reporters yesterday that he thinks the sub-prime contagion has 12 months to two years left ...

CommBank buys IWL

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
The Commonwealth Bank has taken over broking technology provider IWL, dismissing the company's board and replacing chief executive Otto Buttula. The purchase became final after the Victorian Supreme Court authorised court orders lodged by IWL on Friday. ...

CommBank gets online upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
Riding on the increase in user traffic, the Commonwealth Bank has rolled out a series of IT upgrades to its website, designed to improve online security and cut by nearly half the time spent by customers navigating through their various web pages. The ...

CommBank stays with EDS

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
The Commonwealth Bank has had difficulties with its information technology service provider EDS at times during their 10 year relationship, but all that was put to one side when the bank and the technology services company renewed their vows for another ...

McCluskey moves to CommBank

Amanda McCluskey, formely manager in sustainability for Portfolio Partners in Melbourne, is moving back to Sydney to begin work in a new role at the Commonwealth Bank. McCluskey will start in her new role as general manager, sustainability from 9 July. ...

FinLit Foundation launches into workplaces

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... Unilever and Flight Centre, one government business enterprise in Australia Post and four financial services groups in ANZ, CommBank, QIC and Westpac. "Financial literacy in the workforce is not a one size fits all initiative& Employers can combine financial ...

ANZ bids 20 times earnings for E*TRADE

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... broking market with 350,000 customers and a 26 per cent market share. Its big rival is the number one ranked CommSec which CommBank also uses as a distribution vehicle for Colonial investment products. If ANZ succeeds in its bid it will have to deal ...