COLONIAL FIRST STATE

Financial planning

Colonial First State Investments will next week boost its adviser commissions on entry fees for retail funds by a further 20 per cent, giving advisers the full 100 per ce...

Financial planning

Colonial First State Investments has introduced a nil-entry-fee pricing structure for its investment products, giving investors the option to pay no up front application ...

Financial planning

Lifespan Financial Planning has boosted its presence in the wrap account market with the launch of it own service, the Omniport Wrap Service with the first $800,000 enter...

Financial planning

SuperEC, the e-commerce initiative to establish a common set of standards for the electronic processing of superannuation related information across fund managers and sup...

Financial planning

BT Margin Lending has launched a regular gearing service into its retail managed funds, making it easier for clients and advisers to access margin loans....

Financial planning

The funds arena experienced a significant improvement last month after a series of negative results following the September 11 terrorist attacks, a report by asset consul...

Financial planning

The Australian managed fund industry is bracing itself for the repercussions of the terrorist attacks in the US as investors respond to the crisis by looking for safe hav...

Financial planning

It is a phrase that will no doubt end up lost in the cluttered, oversized pile of clichés – that Australian investors are Internet savvy. However, regardless of its clich...

Financial planning

Norwich Union’s Navigator master trust has taken out the top honour in the premier service level awards for retail financial services....

Financial planning

Norwich Union's Navigator master trust has taken out the top honour and bagged five out of eight of the premier service level awards for retail financial services....

Financial planning

Lifespan is about to unveil what it believes is Australia’s first fully Web-based financial planning system. Nicole Szollos reports on a dealer group on the verge of a ma...

Financial planning

The National Australia Bank has regained the mantle as the top managed fund distributor in the retail market, dominating inflows into managed funds in the last three mont...

Funds management

In preparation for the roll out of retail and wholesale fund of funds hedge funds later this year, Colonial First State has appointed as its hedge funds consultants, Harc...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has stepped up its support for the introduction of the proposed growth pension, to fill the existing gap in the m...

Financial planning

Advance Funds Management and Colonial First State picked up the bulk of the funds management gongs at last night’s Personal Investor Awards at Sydney’s ANA Hotel....

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