Australia’s CBA Slashes Executive Pay by $44 Million After Regulatory Inquiry

Australia’s CBA Slashes Executive Pay by $44 Million After Regulatory Inquiry
A Commonwealth Bank logo adorns an Automatic Tellar Machine (ATM) located in Sydney, Australia Nov. 12, 2014. Reuters/David Gray/File Photo
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AUSTRALIA—Commonwealth Bank of Australia said on Friday it would slash more than A$60 million in senior executive pay as part of its response to an inquiry by the Australian banking regulator.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) had in May commissioned an inquiry into CBA’s governance and culture, after the lender was sued by Australia’s financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC for massive breaches of money laundering laws.