COLONIAL FIRST STATE

Funds management

The campaign by Colonial First State (CFS) to promote its reputation as a leading investment house with specialist capabilities using 'The Investment Specialist Series’ h...

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Financial planning

Colonial First State (CFS) has added five new investment options to its FirstChoice platform....

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Financial planning

Colonial First State’s FirstChoice and FirstWrap have been ranked 1st and 2nd respectively for Overall Satisfaction in the 2013 Wealth Insights Platform Service Level Sur...

Financial planning

Having just emerged as the highest-ranked provider in the Wealth Insights research into service levels, Colonial First State (CFS) has announced a range of upgrades to it...

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Editorial

Many advisers feel it’s time the investment train pulled away from the platform, but what sort of ride are they in for? Benjamin Levy reports....

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Policy & Regulation

Colonial First State has introduced an FDS capability and completely removed conflicted remuneration from its platforms ahead of the looming FOFA deadline....

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Financial planning

Colonial First State has reassumed its position at the top of the Wealth Insights platform rankings. ...

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Financial planning

Colonial First State has relaunched its regulatory reforms website for financial advisers to cope with post-FOFA environment. ...

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Superannuation

CFS becomes first retail offering to get APRA MySuper authorisation....

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Funds management

Henderson executes on Australian strategy by taking 90 West AM stake....

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Financial planning

Former CEO of Colonial First State Brian Bissaker will head up the newly acquired Virgin Money Australia, BOQ has announced....

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Financial planning

Equity Trustees is planning to grow its internal and external distribution base and has recruited a new national manager of advice and personal services....

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Editorial

While significant progress has been made in achieving gender equality within the financial services industry, Milana Pokrajac and Bela Moore find there is still a long wa...

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Editorial

While the gender balance of the executive ranks and company boards of financial services companies remain decidedly slanted, a growing number of women are breaking new gr...

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Financial planning

Industry executives are questioning the wisdom behind suggestions that financial planners should move their clients away from investment platforms....

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