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Superannuation investment guru joins La Trobe board

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
The former chief investment officer at Commonwealth Bank Group Super is joining up with La Trobe Financial. Gerard Parlevliet joins the La Trobe Financial board with plans to assist the company expanding its Sydney footprint in the investment sector. ...

S&P hit with historic court decision

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... global law firm Squire Patton Boggs (SPB), concerns synthetic collateralised debt obligations (SCDOs) sold by the Commonwealth Bank and rated by S&P. These types of products attracted significant investments from multiple investor sectors - SPB mentions ...

Australian trustee hits top 10 responsible investment list

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... which develops analytic tools and advocacy strategies for responsible investors, said the Australian government's Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation was the 10th most responsible asset allocator in the world. It occupies the list with pension investors ...

CBA chair defends executive bonuses

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
The Commonwealth Bank is standing by the way it rewarded bonuses to senior executives between 2015 and 2016, the period it was made aware of potential anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism law breaches, a public inquiry has found. Commonwealth ...

AIA Vitality launches charitable option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... Australia and New Zealand to be the healthiest nations in the world," Smith said. AIA Group recently acquired Commonwealth Bank's Australian and New Zealand life insurance businesses for $3.8 billion, positioning it to be one of the largest life insurers ...

Board changes at Crestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... also sits on Seven West Media's audit and risk committee, and has served on the board of law firm Freehills and Commonwealth Bank's life and general insurance companies. Chief operating officer Michelle Inns will step down as a director following Crestone's ...

ABA announces new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... industry reform." Traditionally, the chair position rotates between the major banks' chief executives. While the Commonwealth Bank was next in line, the announcement that Ian Narev would depart in 2018 brought forward ANZ's rotation. "For the sake of ...

Westpac faces class action over life insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... counsel Jan Saddler will lead the class action. Last week, Maurice Blackburn led a class action against the Commonwealth Bank for allegedly breaching anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. BT Financial Group said it will defend the ...

Proceedings filed against CBA in Federal Court

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
Funding for the shareholder class action against the Commonwealth Bank is now unconditional and proceedings have been filed in the Federal Court, marking the beginning of one of the largest shareholder class actions in Australian history. IMF Bentham ...

Less than half pass CFA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... Institute also shows the four major banks and Macquarie Group to be the top CFA employers in Australia. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia employs the largest group of CFAs (124), followed by NAB (95), Macquarie Group (81) and Westpac (72) and ANZ (49). ...