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Gonski appointed new chair of Future Fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
David Gonski will resign as chair of the ASX Group to replace former CBA boss David Murray as the new chair of the Future Fund, in charge of nearly $90bn in assets. The government has also appointed Morgan Stanley Australia head, Steven Harker, to the ...

CBA, NAB joins Class Super

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... Australia Bank have both joined the automated data feeds of SMSF administration software developer Class Super. The addition of CBA and NAB takes the number of top 20 Australian financial institutions as providers to Class Super to 18. The automated ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... large miners were trading relatively flat, while Australia's big retail banks were weaker. ANZ was off 18 cents at $21.75, CBA had fallen 19 cents to $47.89, NAB was down nine cents at $23.47 and Westpac was 21 cents lower at $20.48. National turnover ...

Outgoing QIC chief appointed to Suncorp board

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... St.George Bank before it was sold to Westpac, chief financial officer for MLC and then NAB, and group chief financial officer for CBA. McTaggart is due to officially step down from his role as head of QIC in July, currently working with incoming chief ...

CommInsure secures Tasmanian public sector fund mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... provider. Since mid-January, 62,000 members of the fund's Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme (TAS) have been transitioned to the CBA-owned life insurer, to underwrite death and incapacity insurance. "An immediate advantage for members is that the diagnosis ...

CBA profits up 19%, wealth mgmt struggles

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
The CBA has recorded a statutory net profit after tax for the half year ended Dec 31 2011 of $3.624 billion, a 19% increase on the previous corresponding period, in a strong result unaided by its wealth management arm which recorded a loss. The Commonwealth ...

New Count chief talks products

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... members with a keen eye on SMSF market access. Count Financial was officially acquired by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) at 10am on December 9 with Lane working towards the acquisition in his prior role as head of strategy for the wealth management ...

Towers Watson names new head of wealth mngt

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
Towers Watson has hired former CBA heavyweight, Danny Howell, as its new head of wealth management in Asia in a bid to strengthen its advisory services. Prior to joining Towers Watson, Howell was general manager for Commonwealth Bank's North Asia, responsible ...

Count chief replaced by CBA exec

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... by Commonwealth Bank senior executive David Lane. It's after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) gave CBA's takeover of Count the green light earlier this month, and was endorsed by Count shareholders last week. Gale was appointed ...

Count gives CBA 99% approval

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
Count Financial shareholders have overwhelmingly embraced the takeover offer from CBA, the vote passing with almost 100% support on November 25 said chief executive Barry Lambert. Announced in Count Financial's Annual General Meeting this morning, Lambert ...