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Colonial First State has made a number of senior appointments in the lead up to its separation from the Commonwealth Bank....

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Superannuation

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co has put in an offer to buy Link’s 44.18% share of PEXA while the firm still explores the possibility of an IPO. ...

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Awards

An investment culture of open-mindedness and the willingness to take risks and back conviction has led CFS FC Baillie Gifford Long Term Global Growth to win the Global Eq...

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Superannuation

Colonial First State has left a key Parliamentary Committee in no doubt that it is opposed to people being allowed to use their superannuation to help fund a first home d...

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Funds management

The Superbowl draws millions of viewers in the US and Money Management takes a look which funds have invested in the big spending companies that bought a commercial place...

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Funds management

Exposure to pandemic-specific stocks such as Zoom and vaccine manufacturer Moderna have helped the Baillie Gifford Global Growth fund become the best-performing global eq...

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Funds management

The US dollar weakened last week, encouraging investors to turn to emerging markets and creating the largest inflows since 2018. ...

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Funds management

Environmental, social, and governance investing momentum is expected to continue into this year with almost half of institutional investors believing oil and gas had the ...

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Funds management

The firm may have rebranded over a year ago but Colonial First State fund names will finally be phased out this month and all funds will be known as First Sentier Investo...

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Funds management

Half of global fund managers believe emerging markets will outperform in 2021 as the sector has picked up tailwinds for expectations that next year will see more travel d...

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Financial planning

Only 6% of Australians are looking to top up their superannuation with their income tax cut money, indicating those that needed to access their super early used it as a w...

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Funds management

While healthcare has been one of the stand-out sectors since the start of the year and is set for further growth thanks to COVID-19 research, it is important for investor...

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People & Products

Anne Ward, chair of Colonial First State and Avanteos Investments, will retire from the board at the end of the year as the Commonwealth Bank looks to sell CFS to KKR....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers have been querying whether the Government’s proposed annual superannuation performance test could lead to some MySuper funds to review their investment...

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People & Products

The First Sentier Investors CFS Equity Income Fund Class A has received the Morningstar Analyst Rating of silver....

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