This corporate queen is right – the era of board entitlement must end
Opinion
Governance

This corporate queen is right – the era of board entitlement must end

Australia’s elite boards are still littered with time-served directors who are part of an entitlement club of similarly minded seat warmers.

  • byElizabeth Knight

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Bank branch closures roll on as cash usage declines

Bank branch closures roll on as cash usage declines

More than 1400 bank branches have closed in Australia since 2017. But there are key reasons why it’s important for banks to maintain their physical presence.

  • byMillie Muroi
CBA breaks $200b valuation as ASX hits record high

CBA breaks $200b valuation as ASX hits record high

Commonwealth Bank’s market valuation has broken through $200 billion for the first time,as investor hopes of interest rate cuts sparked a rally in bank shares and lifted the market to a record high.

  • byMillie Muroi
Bankwest to close all branches in digital-only move

Bankwest to close all branches in digital-only move

Bankwest will disappear from WA streets by October as the Commonwealth Bank-owned brand closes 45 branches and switches to servicing its customers by digital means only.

  • byPeter Milne
Craig Hutchison scores debt goal amid half-year loss

Craig Hutchison scores debt goal amid half-year loss

Hutchison’s Sports Entertainment Group said it had struck a new deal in February with the Commonwealth Bank.

  • byCalum Jaspan
CBA boss warns on rising late payments as bank posts $5b profit

CBA boss warns on rising late payments as bank posts $5b profit

CBA chief executive Matt Comyn said late payments likely to tick up as customers faced cost-of-living pressures. The bank’s shares fell as its profit declined.

  • byMillie Muroi
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Politicians are always on show,it goes with the job

Politicians are always on show,it goes with the job

Unless within the privacy of their own homes our politicians are always on public show. It goes with the job.

CBA profits expected to top $5 billion despite margin squeeze

CBA profits expected to top $5 billion despite margin squeeze

The Commonwealth Bank is tipped to post half-year cash profits of more than $5 billion.

  • byMillie Muroi
Tens of thousands of ‘interest-free’ shoppers slugged rate hike

Tens of thousands of ‘interest-free’ shoppers slugged rate hike

Australia’s largest provider of interest-free shopping and consumer finance has hiked its rates. Here’s where you can get a better deal.

  • byNicole Pedersen-McKinnon
CBA has a rock star share price,but it’s hard to find groupies
Opinion
Big four

CBA has a rock star share price,but it’s hard to find groupies

How a solid,cyclical bank’s shares are behaving like they belong to rock star company with massive blue-sky growth is,as one analyst put,a head-scratcher.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Education at the forefront of Australia Day honours

Education at the forefront of Australia Day honours

This year’s Australia Day honours list celebrates the contribution of universities and academics to the nation.

  • byBianca Hall