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The finalists have been announced for the 2020 Fund Manager of the Year Awards – the first year in which a whole of market approach to judging the awards has been adopted...
Funds management
There are five funds which could be set to benefit from the acquisition of OneVue by Iress after the financial technology firm announced a capital raising and a scheme of...
Financial planning
Global private equity player KKR is about to pick up 55% of Colonial First State from the Commonwealth Bank and, as Mike Taylor writes, it resolves a lot of challenges fo...
Funds management
Despite the world rushing to find a vaccine for COVID-19, biotech and healthcare funds have not been able to maintain their former strong returns. ...
Superannuation
The corporate watchdog allege Colonial First State Investments Limited sent misleading or deceptive communications to members of the FirstChoice Fund....
Financial planning
Colonial First State has announced fee reductions on the back of a program which will see the removal of grandfathered conflicted remuneration and insurance-related advis...
People & Products
The global investment manager has appointed its managing director for Americas, and its chief marketing and communications officer....
Funds management
As the Australian Securities Exchange launches a new All-Tech index, which technology funds have performed the best over the past year?...
Superannuation
The former Howard Government never went far enough on superannuation choice in 2005 and the Government should not baulk at addressing the problem this year, according to ...
Funds management
The best two Australian equity funds in 2019 were the most volatile, and the four most volatile delivered above average returns, according to data....
Funds management
Only one of the five least volatile global equity funds achieved a higher return than the sector average....
Funds management
The exclusive retail distribution deal between Acadian and Asset Management and Colonial First State ended on 31 December, a week later Acadian announced it had recruited...
Financial planning
Colonial First State has flagged eliminating all grandfathered remuneration from mid-2020....
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....
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