COLONIAL FIRST STATE

Financial planning

Government budget deficits and infrastructure funding requirements will see Commonwealth and state government bond issuance surge in coming years to overtake non-governme...

Financial planning

Deborah Wixted outlines the raft of changes the 2009 Federal Budget has introduced in taxation, superannuation and social security....

Financial planning

Longstanding CBA executive Simon Swanson is leaving his position as executive general manager of CommInsure, with Paul Rayson stepping into the role....

Financial planning

DAVID WHITTEN explores the long short investment universe....

Superannuation

SAM WALL responds to financial planners’ top queries following the recent Federal Budget....

Financial planning

Colonial First State has again walked away with the top ranking in the annual Wealth Insights Service Level Survey....

Financial planning

As part of the rebranding it has renamed the Avanteos platform....

People & Products

Former Colonial First State Investment Management chief appointed UniSuper chief investment officer....

Financial planning

Standard & Poor's withdraws ratings on Colonial First State Property Securities Opportunities Funds after termination decision....

Financial planning

The unprecedented has become commonplace when it comes to the global policy response to the financial crisis, write Stephen Halmarick and Belinda Allen....

Financial planning

ING Clarion Real Estate Securities (ING Clarion), manager of the ING Wholesale Global Property Securities Fund, was named winner in the Property Securities (Global) categ...

Funds management

A minimum exposure to financials and commodities, resource stocks in particular, helped Platinum Asset Management take out the Global Equities (Long Short) category for i...

Superannuation

CRAIG DAY considers whether trustees of an SMSF can intentionally acquire a residential property from a related party of the fund....

Financial planning

Bankwest financial advisers will align with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's wealth management structure and become part of Colonial First State (CFS) in July....

Funds management

Property securities portfolio manager departs company after three years....

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