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Funds management

While healthcare has been one of the stand-out sectors since the start of the year and is set for further growth thanks to COVID-19 research, it is important for investor...

People & Products

Anne Ward, chair of Colonial First State and Avanteos Investments, will retire from the board at the end of the year as the Commonwealth Bank looks to sell CFS to KKR....

Financial planning

Financial advisers have been querying whether the Government’s proposed annual superannuation performance test could lead to some MySuper funds to review their investment...

People & Products

The First Sentier Investors CFS Equity Income Fund Class A has received the Morningstar Analyst Rating of silver....

Funds management

The top-performing fund when comparing the smallest and largest active global equity funds was a $1.2 million sized fund returning 44.35% since the start of 2020, accordi...

Funds management

There are 10 new funds that have received 5 Crown ratings after being previously unrated, with funds from CFS, Legg Mason, Perennial, GQG Partners, Eley Griffiths and Sim...

Financial planning

While planners are less optimistic about domestic stocks they are more likely to advise clients to invest their excess cash rather than reduce exposure to markets, accord...

Superannuation

Data analysis around the Government’s hardship early release superannuation regime has revealed that the ‘rivers of gold’ inflows generated by the superannuation guarante...

People & Products

Charter Hall has announced it has appointed ex-AMP Capital global head of real estate Carmel Hourigan as its new office chief executive, replacing Adrian Taylor who will ...

Superannuation

Superannuation fund members returning to access the $10,000 second tranche of the Government’s hardship early release superannuation regime have dominated the latest Aust...

Superannuation

Superannuation fund executives have confirmed that the predicted second tranche early release superannuation surge has become a reality....

Superannuation

Just over $18 billion has already been taken from superannuation accounts via the Government’s hardship early release superannuation scheme and the Australian Prudential ...

Funds management

Technology funds have proved resilient as funds have regained COVID-19 sell-off losses and one fund manager believes growth prospects are stronger for technology than oth...

Superannuation

Big, highly-exposed superannuation funds continue to make the bulk of hardship, early release superannuation payments....

Financial planning

Financial advisers are likely to find themselves with fewer choices of investment platforms as the sector appears to be on the brink of a further round of consolidation....

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