COLONIAL FIRST STATE

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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Funds management

Morningstar’s review of the Asian equities and emerging markets funds space in 2012 has seen one downgrade and two upgrades, with Colonial First State achieving the highe...

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Funds management

The retail funds management sector grew by 14.7 per cent to $471.7 billion in 2012, according to Plan for Life....

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Financial planning

In this market, it’s wise to explore investment solutions that both deliver yield and reduce exposure to risk. Gain access to innovative approaches in identifying opportu...

Editorial

Although the use of derivatives provides extra income, it comes at a price. Tom Whitelaw provides an overview of derivative equity income funds....

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Financial planning

Lingering legislative uncertainty around FOFA has led investment platforms to reduce spending by $30 million in 2012, according to a new report by Investment Trends....

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Financial planning

Investor sentiment continues to play a large role in the performance of the Australian equity market. Colonial First State and the University of Western Australia Busines...

Financial planning

Traditional planning processes often fail to take into account the psychology and specific needs of women, according to CBA executive general manager of advice, Marianne ...

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Editorial

Several years ago, Andrew Jones from Eureka Financial Group moved some clients off-platform. He now shares his experience and the reasons why his practice decided to retu...

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Financial planning

With next week’s FOFA event having sold out, Money Management is now offering a webstream....

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Superannuation

With constant regulatory change impacting on the superannuation sector, financial planners are finding it difficult to focus on clients’ retirement needs, writes Bela Moo...

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Financial planning

Since its launch in 2009, FirstWrap has grown to more than $4 billion in funds under administration....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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