COLONIAL FIRST STATE

Editorial

As many traditional multi-asset funds disappointed during the GFC, recent times have seen many managers diversify. Deanne Fuller examines the sector....

Editorial

BT emerged from 2011 relatively unscathed in what was a poor year for retail managed funds providers....

Financial planning

Count Financial is delivering platform savings and other benefits in the wake of its acquisition by the Commonwealth Bank....

Superannuation

Freya Purnell takes a closer look at what life after Stronger Super might bring to the superannuation sector....

Editorial

According to APRA, ASIC will ultimately be responsible for acting on any breaches around advertising such as the Industry Super Network’s 'compare the pair' campaign....

Editorial

High returns can be accessed from fixed interest markets, but it is vital that investors have a portfolio that is properly diversified if they want to keep the returns th...

Funds management

The "dislocated markets" caused by Europe's sovereign debt issues are creating opportunities that quality fixed income managers can exploit, according to Zenith....

Editorial

The popularity of cash products does not seem to revolve solely around investment sentiment anymore. Milana Pokrajac reports....

People & Products

Perpetual has completed the reorganisation of its retail distribution function with the appointment of former MLC Wealth executive Matt Thompson to the position of genera...

Funds management

The Commonwealth Bank has posted a strong six-month result, but the picture for Colonial First State and wealth management is less rosy....

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Superannuation

Colonial First State has warned that a section of the MySuper bill, as currently drafted, actually mandates 'flipping' to higher cost super arrangements....

Financial planning

The FOFA reforms well and truly dominated the financial planning industry during 2011 and the year ahead looks set to bring more of the same, writes Nicolette Rubinsztein...

Financial planning

Since its establishment in February this year, MLC's retirement solutions team has grown to 10 people. Of those, eight were recruited straight from AXA....

Superannuation

Colonial First State's radical revamp of its FirstChoice platform had the ambitious goal of putting an end to the "fruitless debate" surrounding the fees charged by indus...

Financial planning

All sectors of the retail financial services industry have had a tough September quarter, with overall funds under management (FUM) falling by $47 billion since June....

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