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The steepness of its curve lures offshore investors to the Australian Office of Financial Management’s fourth benchmark issue since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

Japanese firm was the dark horse in race to buy CBA’s stake in a Chinese life insurer. While it celebrates its surprise win, it will do well to remember clinching the deal is just the opening skirmish in a battle to crack the market.

Rob Jesudason follows the well-trodden path from banking to fintech. The CFO's departure creates another headache for new Commonwealth Bank chief Matt Comyn.

Matt Comyn takes over at the helm of the troubled Aussie lender. But moving its former retail chief to the top job won't ease scrutiny amid a compliance scandal.

As the global financial crisis showed, bank profiteering at the expense of prudent risk management can devastate economies. In Australia, an independent enquiry into bank activities is long overdue.

A free-trade deal between Beijing and Canberra is making it easier for Chinese companies and individuals to acquire assets in Australia.

CBA is the first Australian borrower to tap the Thai bond market. The aggressively priced two-tranche deal reopens a market closed since last September.

UBS completes the $1.1 billion share sale after CBA sacks Merrill Lynch on the basis that it failed to tell potential investors about new financial information.

Less than 12 months after completing a leveraged buy-out of Cleanaway, KKR sells the Australian waste management business for $1 billion.