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CBA in court over RC case studies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
ASIC has commenced proceedings against Commonwealth Bank over the AgriAdvantage Plus Package and credit services provided to problem gamblers. Both cases were Royal Commission case studies and are being pursued by the regulator in the Federal Court. ...

ScoMo launches $17b stimulus package

ALLY SELBY, ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... Association (ABA) announced it is ready to face the challenge of COVID-19 and will assist customers. ABA chair and Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn said the banks will continue to support Australians during this time. "Australia has a very ...

A man is not a plan: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... Women In Super (WIS) called on the federal government to help bridge the super gender gap, including paying super on Commonwealth paid parental leave, abolishing the $450 threshold and sticking to the legislated super rate increase. ISA chief executive ...

ASIC turns up the heat on enforcement

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... a 52% increase in enforcement investigations involving Australia's largest financial institutions, including the Commonwealth Bank, NAB, Westpac, ANZ and AMP and their subsidiaries since January 2019, just prior to the release of the Commission's final ...

First State hires from CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
First State Super has announced the appointment of a new C-suite executive, hiring from Commonwealth Bank. Jane Couchman has been named as the $105 billion super fund's new chief risk officer, having previously been responsible for leading CBA's ...

Investments head departs super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... long-time head of investment. Rundle has served the fund since 2008, following stints at MFS, Colonial First State, Commonwealth Bank and State Street. LGIAsuper has not confirmed whether it will hire a replacement for Rundle. His departure comes just ...

New private credit fund to launch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... JPMorgan, Longreach Capital and Macquarie, and iPartners chief operating officer Chris Reade who previously held roles at Commonwealth Bank, Nikko and UBS. The fund has been designed to hold a mix of private credit, asset-backed credit, property credit ...

Bleak year for dividend growth in Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... However, even if these companies had not cut dividends, Australia's dividend growth would still have been flat for 2019. Commonwealth Bank tumbled from paying the 15th highest dividend in the world in 2018, to the 20th spot. Meanwhile, BHP and Rio Tinto's ...

JPMorgan admits to withholding ANZ shares

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... had granted staff at JPMorgan immunity from the investigation in return for their cooperation with the case. The Commonwealth brought charges against ANZ, Citigroup and Deutsche following an ACCC investigation into a $2.5 billion ANZ share sale.

Former Securitor manager joins Paragem

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... personal financial advice. Prior to his tenure with Securitor, Kouimanis worked as a financial planning manager at the Commonwealth Bank, and also spent several years with Colonial First State as a business development manager.