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Superannuation

The Federal Court has found that it made false or misleading representations to members to avoid them moving to the MySuper product....

Financial planning

Advisers are now turning to focus on their business growth but the workload around fee consent requirements are a burden and they need efficient processes to lower this l...

People & Products

Colonial First State has hired Anthony Lane from MLC as its group chief risk officer as it continues its senior leadership appointments spree....

People & Products

Jo-Anne Bloch has been appointed as independent non-executive director of Colonial First State Investments Limited and Avanteos Investments Limited....

Superannuation

There has been a growing interest in engagement with superannuation along with positive attitudes towards the super guarantee increase and higher contribution caps, among...

Financial planning

While 96% of grandfathered conflicted remuneration arrangements have been terminated by the start of 2021, eight product issuers still have grandfathered benefits on 46 p...

People & Products

Colonial First State has made a number of senior appointments in the lead up to its separation from the Commonwealth Bank....

Superannuation

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co has put in an offer to buy Link’s 44.18% share of PEXA while the firm still explores the possibility of an IPO. ...

Awards

An investment culture of open-mindedness and the willingness to take risks and back conviction has led CFS FC Baillie Gifford Long Term Global Growth to win the Global Eq...

Superannuation

Colonial First State has left a key Parliamentary Committee in no doubt that it is opposed to people being allowed to use their superannuation to help fund a first home d...

Funds management

The Superbowl draws millions of viewers in the US and Money Management takes a look which funds have invested in the big spending companies that bought a commercial place...

Funds management

Exposure to pandemic-specific stocks such as Zoom and vaccine manufacturer Moderna have helped the Baillie Gifford Global Growth fund become the best-performing global eq...

Funds management

The US dollar weakened last week, encouraging investors to turn to emerging markets and creating the largest inflows since 2018. ...

Funds management

Environmental, social, and governance investing momentum is expected to continue into this year with almost half of institutional investors believing oil and gas had the ...

Funds management

The firm may have rebranded over a year ago but Colonial First State fund names will finally be phased out this month and all funds will be known as First Sentier Investo...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 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 6 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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