COLONIAL FIRST STATE

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s fund management arm Colonial First State Asset Management has announced a joint venture with China Cinda Asset Management Corporation...

Financial planning

Asgard Wealth Solutions and Macquarie have come out on top in this year’s Assirt/Wealth Insights Service Level Survey, voted by financial planners as being the best platf...

Financial planning

Colonial First State has stolen a march with its flagship FirstChoice platform, with the latest Assirt/Wealth Insights Service Level Survey revealing that it is being use...

Financial planning

Asgard and Macquarie have come out on top in this year’s Assirt/Wealth Insights Service Level Survey, voted by financial planners as the best platform provider and fund m...

Financial planning

The alpha hunter’s interest at Pimco is fixed on one thing - fixed interest. And according to Australian executive vice president John Wilson, this narrower focus gives P...

Financial planning

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Commonwealth Bank/Colonial First State (CBA/CFS) has topped a list of “Super Star” performers in the platform space for 2005 based on research that considered a combinati...

Financial planning

Nothing much has changed in the platform market during the past 12 months. The bigger platforms have got bigger, and there has been some rationalisation at the bottom end...

Funds management

The margin loan outfits at Colonial First State, St George and Macquarie Bank are still the best in the country according to researcher Cannex, which has pointed to a lac...

Funds management

Lonsec is the first researcher to reinstate an ‘investment grade’ rating for Colonial First State’s (CFS) Australian property funds following the recruitment of two more ...

Financial planning

Research by InvestorWeb has found against a prevailing notion by local researchers that active fixed interest management doesn’t add value after fees....

Funds management

Research house Lonsec has taken the UBS Property Securities Fund off ‘fund watch’ and reinstated its previous rating of ‘highly recommended’ following the appointment of ...

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has constructed a separate, walk-in investment management section in its Bondi Junction branch, in the hope of attracting more bank clients to its w...

Financial planning

Australian equities funds available through Colonial First State’s joint venture with US-based asset managers Acadian will be offered to Australian retail investors for t...

People & Products

Melbourne-based research house Lonsec has placed the UBS Property Securities Fund on hold, following the exit of UBS property head John Snowden to Colonial First State....

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