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Funds management

Only one of the five least volatile global equity funds achieved a higher return than the sector average....

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Funds management

The exclusive retail distribution deal between Acadian and Asset Management and Colonial First State ended on 31 December, a week later Acadian announced it had recruited...

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Financial planning

Colonial First State has flagged eliminating all grandfathered remuneration from mid-2020....

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Funds management

All four of the top performing funds in the Australian equity geared sector held Big Four banks in their top holdings....

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Funds management

The exclusive retail distribution arrangement will conclude at the end of the year which has been in place since 2005....

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People & Products

Bryce Quirk will replace the role previously held by Peter Chun, in the recently renamed CFS Advice Relationships department....

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Funds management

Colonial First State has announced an expansion of its strategic alliance partnership with global investment management firm Baillie Gifford with the launch of the Bailli...

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Financial planning

Advisers receiving Adviser Service Fees via Colonial First State’s superannuation funds are facing an early cut-off unless clients specifically opt in....

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Superannuation

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has acknowledged the two class actions against Colonial First State that were filed last week....

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Financial planning

Slater and Gordon has become the second to file a class action against CFS for charging FirstChoice Super members higher fees for ongoing commissions to members who did n...

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Superannuation

Former Colonial First State executive director, Linda Elkins may have left the company and become a partner at KPMG but she has been named in a class action filing....

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Features

In an ever-connected world, there’s no questioning the logic behind branching out to all corners of the globe, but Chris Dastoor writes, given the depth of options, you’d...

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Features

Laura Dew explores how the managed account space could change in the future as the industry awaits the conclusion of an ASIC review of the sector....

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Funds management

Australian Leaders Fund looks to discount its NTA as it prepares for the end of the longest business cycle....

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Funds management

Strategic stock selection combined with appropriate diversification and a modicum of luck represented the keys for the fund managers who emerged best in the latest quanti...

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