COLONIAL FIRST STATE

Financial planning

The comparative attractiveness of bank deposit yields was one of the themes of Standard & Poor's (S&P's) Australian fixed interest peer group review....

Funds management

Scores of fund managers struck out on their own earlier this decade, leaving institutional homes to make their own fortunes in boutique companies. So why are many now jum...

Financial planning

ASIC cancels the AFSL of a company that stopped answering the phone and filing reports....

People & Products

Count Financial appoints Deloitte actuarial leader Andrew Gale as its new chief executive....

People & Products

Senior executive at Deloitte Andrew Gale takes the reins....

Financial planning

Redemption requests in excess of available cash convince CFS to terminate fund....

People & Products

Darelle Jenkins has been appointed as national manager, AdviserNETgain, effective from February 8....

People & Products

MLC has appointed former Colonial First State head of platform sales Aubrey Roga to a key insurance role....

Financial planning

For the past two years, Colonial First State’s FirstChoice has been rated best platform by financial advisers*, and it’s not hard to see why. Through FirstNet Adviser it ...

People & Products

Colonial First State has appointed senior managers within its Colonial First State Advice Business leadership team, with Tim Browne, John Carnevale, Matthew Brown and Hel...

Financial planning

A year of extremes has forced the industry to step up and meet the demands of clients, writes Brian Bissaker....

Superannuation

Deborah Wixted looks at ways to help your clients hit their retirement savings target....

Editorial

One consequence of the equity market downturn could be a return to a more active focus on economic fundamentals and their impact on financial markets, writes Stephen Halm...

Superannuation

Many clients can benefit from a strategy that involves a combination of salary sacrifice contributions and co-contributions, writes Deborah Wixted....

Financial planning

IFSA's super charter alters fee structures for advice and changes the ground rules on advertising....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 1 week ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 1 week ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

2 weeks ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks 3 days ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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