News Articles for Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Perth's housing affordability continues to improve, with low interest rates and a slight decline in home prices combining to make the local market more accessible.

Western Australia's unemployment rate has remained at 4.9 per cent in April, in line with the national rate which has held steady at 5.8 per cent.

WA financial services company AFG has grown over 20 years to become a major player in the national home loans market and aims to get bigger.

More Perth offices are becoming ‘activity based' but interior designers fear the concept isn't fully understood.

The lack of competition for small business lending needs to come under scrutiny at the federal government's financial system inquiry.

Former 40under40 winner Andrew Thorburn is set to take the reins at National Australia Bank, following the retirement of long-serving chief executive Cameron Clyne.

Migration to Western Australia has fallen by more than 40 per cent in less than two years, with a slowdown in the resources sector driving a big fall in the number of workers moving west.

Gina Rinehart has virtually ensured her family's long-held dream of operating its own iron ore mine, securing final funding for her massive Roy Hill project.

Approvals for the construction of new houses rose 5.6 per cent in January in Western Australia, providing a boost for the housing sector.

Amateur investors are continuing to buy shares in Australia's big four banks, which is easy to understand given the eye-catching profit of $6.3 billion reported earlier today by ANZ Banking Group.

Record-low interest rates and strong earnings growth have helped housing become more affordable in Western Australia, but rising dwelling prices have moderated the improvement, according to the Hou

CBA warns borrowers

The rating of Australian banks by their business customers has declined sharply over the past five years, with one of the few exceptions being Bank of Queensland.

HOW does the managing director of an aspiring nickel miner remain positive amid weakening commodities prices and an equities market in decline?

Fat dividends are the primary reason why Australia's big four banks have pushed most mining stocks out of the top 10 on the Australian Securities Exchange and, while investors might think bank shar

The artificial currency, Bitcoin, won't trigger the next crash, but its mere existence is a sign of the problems facing financial markets.

This year's candidates again proved what a wealth of talent we have in WA.

The spate of major project deferrals announced last year have hit confidence levels among WA business hard, with expectations for the state economy dropping to its lowest level since the GFC.

Tougher economic times and increased scrutiny have put a cap on the growth of executive remuneration.

Business confidence in Western Australia remains firmly negative in the face of improving conditions and is only set to get worse, according to a survey released today.

Four years on from the collapse of Lehman Bros, it is disturbing to realise the finance sector has reverted to tight credit conditions akin to the GFC.

IF there is one subject that unifies people across the property sector it is concern with the lending policies of the banks, which have been criticised for being overly strict and not really unders

COMMONWEALTH Bank has increased its involvement in Western Australia's north-west during the past year, and has developed an indigenous banking strategy to build relationships and business across t

The Western Australian CEO Sleepout has raised $700,000 and counting after a successful 2012 event which culminated in 106 CEOs staying at the WA Cricket Association ground last night.

Business analytics consultancy Access Analytic Solutions has won the inaugural People's Choice Award as part of this year's Rising Stars Awards.

Perth's capital markets players reckon the past few months have been hard to take but they are seeing signs of growth as money returns.

THERE is nothing small about CJD Equipment.

National Australia Bank and the Commonwealth Bank have followed the lead of ANZ and Westpac, hiking interest rates above that prescribed by Australia's central bank and blaming higher funding costs

De Luca replaces Sutton at Bankwest

Business confidence in Western Australia is plummetting and has fallen to the lowest level since the global financial crisis, a series of new surveys shows.

Confidence slips

New research shows that more than half of WA employers believe that labour shortages and associated wage pressures are the biggest challenges to their businesses this year.

THE latest Commonwealth Bank – CCI Survey of Business Expectations has found that businesses are employing a variety of measure

Forty per cent of WA businesses are looking to employ inexperienced workers over the next 12 months as they move to implement measures to grow and retain their workforce.

The rising Australian dollar took the gloss off another strong performance by WA exporters in the 2009-10 financial year.

COMMUNITY organisations and grassroots programs working to support the health and wellbeing of children are being encouraged to

A new survey has found the confidence of Western Australian employers has taken a hit for the first time since the beginning of last year.

THE global financial crisis is far from over for small businesses, according to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

ANZ and Westpac have joined the other big banks, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and National Australia Bank in raising the standard variable home loan interest rate in line with the 25 basis point rise by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).