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Funds management

The super and investment fund has added a spot bitcoin ETF from BlackRock to the CFS Edge platform, allowing advisers access to crypto assets....

Financial planning

Platforms are pivoting to take on the role formerly held by large licensees in providing adviser education, according to platform specialist Recep Peker, as well as impro...

People & Products

In its latest annual platform report, Investment Trends reveals which investment platform has taken the top spot for functionality, as HUB24 and Netwealth vie for first p...

Financial planning

Colonial First State has launched CFS 10x, a program designed to help financial advice practices grow their business....

Financial planning

With more than one in three consumers unable to identify a single benefit of financial advice, the industry has been urged to better articulate the positive impact of see...

Financial planning

KKR, global investment firm and majority owner of Colonial First State, has launched an education platform for financial advisers to educate them on alternative assets. ...

Expert Analysis

The promise of digital advice tools to address the supply/demand inequity is no longer a dream but a very present reality, writes Shaun Green....

People & Products

The platform has expanded its investment suite with a range of managed account options from Morningstar, following its addition of SMAs from Infinity Asset Management las...

Funds management

Colonial First State has added $3 billion in more than a dozen separately managed accounts from Infinity Asset Management to its Edge platform....

Funds management

Less than 10 per cent of Australian consumers fully understand ESG or sustainable investing, CFS reveals, as confusion around these terms persists. ...

Financial planning

Financial advice network Viridian Advisory has selected CFS Edge as its wealth and managed account platform....

People & Products

Colonial First State has added 25 managed accounts to its Edge platform from Atchison, Drummond and Russell Investments. ...

Financial planning

The extension of the APRA performance test to trustee-directed products could lead to difficult conversations for advisers if tax events mean their clients are unable to ...

Expert Analysis

Many advice practices believe that taking on Professional Year advisers will drain resources. But forward-thinking firms are putting them at the heart of their strategy t...

People & Products

Colonial First State has appointed a new group chief executive following a global search. ...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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