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Funds management

All four of the top performing funds in the Australian equity geared sector held Big Four banks in their top holdings....

Funds management

The exclusive retail distribution arrangement will conclude at the end of the year which has been in place since 2005....

People & Products

Bryce Quirk will replace the role previously held by Peter Chun, in the recently renamed CFS Advice Relationships department....

Funds management

Colonial First State has announced an expansion of its strategic alliance partnership with global investment management firm Baillie Gifford with the launch of the Bailli...

Financial planning

Advisers receiving Adviser Service Fees via Colonial First State’s superannuation funds are facing an early cut-off unless clients specifically opt in....

Superannuation

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has acknowledged the two class actions against Colonial First State that were filed last week....

Financial planning

Slater and Gordon has become the second to file a class action against CFS for charging FirstChoice Super members higher fees for ongoing commissions to members who did n...

Superannuation

Former Colonial First State executive director, Linda Elkins may have left the company and become a partner at KPMG but she has been named in a class action filing....

Features

In an ever-connected world, there’s no questioning the logic behind branching out to all corners of the globe, but Chris Dastoor writes, given the depth of options, you’d...

Features

Laura Dew explores how the managed account space could change in the future as the industry awaits the conclusion of an ASIC review of the sector....

Funds management

Australian Leaders Fund looks to discount its NTA as it prepares for the end of the longest business cycle....

Funds management

Strategic stock selection combined with appropriate diversification and a modicum of luck represented the keys for the fund managers who emerged best in the latest quanti...

Funds management

Two of Legg Mason’s fixed income funds have been added to Colonial First State FirstWrap Platform....

People & Products

CFS’ Realindex Investments has appointed Dr David Walsh as head of investments, a newly-created role for the firm. ...

Financial planning

With the Commonwealth Bank’s planned exit from Financial Wisdom and the sale of Count Financial, all eyes have turned to the future of Colonial First State....

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