CFS

Funds management

Colonial First State has approved all alternative managers for its funds, following the closure of four First Sentier Investors teams in April....

Funds management

Colonial First State has confirmed the first alternative manager for its funds, following the closure of four First Sentier Investors teams. ...

Financial planning

Colonial First State has reached $1 billion in funds under administration on its Edge platform, having launched last August. ...

Funds management

Following the closure of four investment teams last month by First Sentier Investors, Colonial First State has proposed multiple replacement managers for the CFSIL funds....

Financial planning

Unadvised Australians believe they need $2 million to retire comfortably, according to Colonial First State, a wide variance compared to advised individuals which estimat...

Funds management

The super and investment fund has added a spot bitcoin ETF from BlackRock to the CFS Edge platform, allowing advisers access to crypto assets....

Financial planning

Platforms are pivoting to take on the role formerly held by large licensees in providing adviser education, according to platform specialist Recep Peker, as well as impro...

People & Products

In its latest annual platform report, Investment Trends reveals which investment platform has taken the top spot for functionality, as HUB24 and Netwealth vie for first p...

Financial planning

Colonial First State has launched CFS 10x, a program designed to help financial advice practices grow their business....

Financial planning

With more than one in three consumers unable to identify a single benefit of financial advice, the industry has been urged to better articulate the positive impact of see...

Financial planning

KKR, global investment firm and majority owner of Colonial First State, has launched an education platform for financial advisers to educate them on alternative assets. ...

Expert Analysis

The promise of digital advice tools to address the supply/demand inequity is no longer a dream but a very present reality, writes Shaun Green....

People & Products

The platform has expanded its investment suite with a range of managed account options from Morningstar, following its addition of SMAs from Infinity Asset Management las...

Funds management

Colonial First State has added $3 billion in more than a dozen separately managed accounts from Infinity Asset Management to its Edge platform....

Funds management

Less than 10 per cent of Australian consumers fully understand ESG or sustainable investing, CFS reveals, as confusion around these terms persists. ...

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