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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. ...

Financial planning

Financial advice network Viridian Advisory has selected CFS Edge as its wealth and managed account platform....

People & Products

Colonial First State has added 25 managed accounts to its Edge platform from Atchison, Drummond and Russell Investments. ...

Financial planning

The extension of the APRA performance test to trustee-directed products could lead to difficult conversations for advisers if tax events mean their clients are unable to ...

Expert Analysis

Many advice practices believe that taking on Professional Year advisers will drain resources. But forward-thinking firms are putting them at the heart of their strategy t...

People & Products

Colonial First State has appointed a new group chief executive following a global search. ...

Financial planning

Dispelling the notion that advice is for older Australians, new research has found Australians under 40 are more open to receiving advice than their older counterparts, t...

Financial planning

Two new reports from CFS and Challenger have highlighted the benefits consumers gain from seeking advice as over half of those aged 50 and over fear outliving their savin...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

5 months ago

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

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

3 weeks 5 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 2 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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