The Commonwealth Bank goes back to 1911 and has now grown to a Bank that has over 700 000 shareholders and more than 38 000 employees. The Bank was privatised in 1991 and since 2002 it has been expanding to cover countries as far apart as India, China, New Zealand and Vietnam.  The business sector of the bank began expanding in 2004 and is now one of the main areas of development within the Commonwealth bank.  Also in 2002 the insurance and investment sector was established due to the take-over of the Colonial Group and continues to expand. Readmore