Graham Hand outlines managed futures and the role they play in the investment sector....

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 ...

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....

Marianne Perkovic succeeds Paul Barrett at CFS....

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

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

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...

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....

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

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

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

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...

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

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&#...