CBA funds BankWest buy with lightning A$2bn capital raise

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CBA funds BankWest buy with lightning A$2bn capital raise

Commonwealth Bank of Australia raised A$2bn ($1.37bn) through an accelerated bookbuild to finance its acquisition of BankWest even as global equity markets plunged this week.

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