CommSec paid a bumper dividend to CBA 09 October 2009 5:22PM Full-year accounts for Commonwealth Securities provide a few scraps of data on the trajectory of CBA's ever-improving stockbroking arm. read more
Westpac loses structured finance tax case 08 October 2009 5:18PM The High Court in New Zealand yesterday ruled in favour of the Internal Revenue Department and against Westpac in a long-running wrangle over the tax treatment of structured finance transactions enter.. read more
RHG censors board campaign 07 October 2009 5:25PM The board of RHG will not be supporting the election of a pair of activist investors to its ranks. read more
Rock labels QTI opportunists 06 October 2009 5:21PM The board of The Rock Building Society, in the notice for the annual meeting next month, has laid out its case for shareholders to brush aside the effort by Queensland Trustees and Investments to elec.. read more
RBS China still on the market 05 October 2009 5:44PM The banking businesses of British bank RBS in China, and also in Malaysia and India, remain on the market after talks to sell them to Standard Chartered ended, reportedly over price. read more
Ford Credit finds a way out 02 October 2009 5:12PM Ford Credit has made a second, and this time commercial, arrangement to refinance its lending portfolio and thus progress toward the wind down of its business in Australia. read more
Easier and lengthier bonus terms set for Norris 02 October 2009 5:11PM The board of Commonwealth Bank will cut in half the proportion of the long-term bonus payable to its chief executive, Ralph Norris, based on measures of customer satisfaction. read more
Break fees a pain 02 October 2009 4:31PM Disputes over credit and referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service increased by 36 per cent to 6700 in the year to June 2009 the annual report for the scheme shows. read more
NAB may have to sell aggregator 01 October 2009 4:41PM There is speculation that National Australia Bank will have to sell one of three mortgage aggregation business being acquired from Challenger Financial Services Group in order for the purchase to proc.. read more
Three qualify for final AOFM funding 01 October 2009 4:40PM Three non-bank funders have qualified for a second, and in the case of one for a third, dose of funding from the Australian Office of Financial Management. read more