COLONIAL FIRST STATE

Funds management

Some of the community anger directed towards the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) after its Melbourne Cup day rate hike appears to have trickled down to the funds man...

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Financial planning

Changes to the way the financial services industry operates are keeping the master trust and platform sector on its toes, says Janine Mace....

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Financial planning

Despite the significant changes taking place in the financial planning sector, masterfunds continue to dominate the financial services industry, something that is unlikel...

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Tools & guides

Tim Sanderson explains the importance of understanding member obligations when it comes to SMSFs....

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Superannuation

Tim Sanderson explains the importance of understanding member obligations when it comes to SMSFs....

Financial planning

Research house Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Fund Services has placed two Colonial First State (CFS) funds on hold, following the resignation of another financial...

Financial planning

A number of advisers and dealer group heads have expressed frustration at a perceived lack of support from the funds management industry in protecting advisers against de...

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People & Products

The head of the banking and financial services group at Macquarie Bank, Peter Maher, has been elected chairman of the Financial Services Council (FSC) at its annual gener...

Financial planning

Listed dealer group Snowball has undertaken an $18 million share placement to pay for its new platform arrangements and prepare for acquisition opportunities in a consoli...

Life/Risk

Colonial First State (CFS) has paved the way for open architecture for insurance on platforms by allowing clients to purchase Asteron insurance through FirstWrap....

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Financial planning

Amundi Asset Management has appointed former Schroders executive Brian Scott as its new chief executive following the sudden departure of Richard Borysiewicz....

Financial planning

Colonial First State’s phone-based limited advice service is being extended across its financial planning groups....

Financial planning

Australian financial adviser sentiment is slowly recovering after a volatile couple of years....

Financial planning

In light of some dealer groups making a move towards improving their own professional standards, there have been more calls for higher education standards for financial p...

Financial planning

Dealer groups, including those owned by Colonial First State and BT, are investing more in their internal research teams as part of a broad move to take greater responsib...

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