COLONIAL FIRST STATE

Policy & Regulation

Mid-tier dealer groups will have to go beyond simply launching badged platforms, which are not necessarily the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) panacea some were hoping ...

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Financial planning

After spending less then a year at Colonial First State (CFS), Marianne Perkovic has succeeded Paul Barrett as the new general manager of the CFS advice business....

Financial planning

Marianne Perkovic succeeds Paul Barrett at CFS....

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Financial planning

Morningstar has picked up the research mandate for the Colonial First State (CFS) Advice Business at the expense of S&P....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has posted a solid half-year profit, but CommInsure appears to have struggled....

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Financial planning

Despite evidence showing increasing consumer demand for Internet and phone-based simple financial advice outside of super, the industry seems to be moving at a snail’s pa...

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People & Products

Investment research house van Eyk Research has recruited for the first time following staff cuts in November 2010, adding two members to its research team....

Funds management

An overwhelming majority of the total new Australian managed funds launched in 2010 were not new investment strategies, according to research house Morningstar....

Editorial

The role of licensee payments from platform providers has become a bone of contention in the financial advice industry, writes Marianne Perkovic....

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Financial planning

Colonial First State Property will acquire AXA’s Melbourne headquarters at 750 Collins Street through its Commonwealth Property Office Fund....

Financial planning

The first meeting of the Government’s financial advice advisory panel was held in Sydney yesterday, but the panel members have been asked to keep the issues discuss...

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Financial planning

As the financial services industry prepares for a major legislative change, experts claim that platforms remain at the heart of the financial advice industry. ...

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Financial planning

Standard and Poor’s Fund Services has reinstated its two-star ratings on two Colonial First State multi-manager portfolios after having placed them ‘on hold&#...

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Financial planning

New generation platform providers have criticised the ‘preferential programs’ initiated by their peers, claiming they have the potential to bias the advice gi...

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Tools & guides

Tim Sanderson takes a look at the Centrelink compensation rules for those unable to work due to injury....

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