COLONIAL FIRST STATE

Financial planning

Nothing much has changed in the platform market during the past 12 months. The bigger platforms have got bigger, and there has been some rationalisation at the bottom end...

Funds management

The margin loan outfits at Colonial First State, St George and Macquarie Bank are still the best in the country according to researcher Cannex, which has pointed to a lac...

Funds management

Lonsec is the first researcher to reinstate an ‘investment grade’ rating for Colonial First State’s (CFS) Australian property funds following the recruitment of two more ...

Financial planning

Research by InvestorWeb has found against a prevailing notion by local researchers that active fixed interest management doesn’t add value after fees....

Funds management

Research house Lonsec has taken the UBS Property Securities Fund off ‘fund watch’ and reinstated its previous rating of ‘highly recommended’ following the appointment of ...

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has constructed a separate, walk-in investment management section in its Bondi Junction branch, in the hope of attracting more bank clients to its w...

Financial planning

Australian equities funds available through Colonial First State’s joint venture with US-based asset managers Acadian will be offered to Australian retail investors for t...

People & Products

Melbourne-based research house Lonsec has placed the UBS Property Securities Fund on hold, following the exit of UBS property head John Snowden to Colonial First State....

Financial planning

As Colonial First State’s global listed property offering languishes with Morningstar’s lowest ‘avoid’ rating following the loss of its team to Perennial, BT’s global lis...

Financial planning

ING has made a three-pronged improvement to its OneAnswer platform through the addition 16 funds, a reduction in fees charged and an enhancement of the product’s online c...

Funds management

Following the defection of Colonial First State’s global listed property team to Perennial, Morningstar has downgraded the CFS global property strategy to its lowest rati...

Financial planning

Basis Capital and Colonial First State manage the two best Australian funds in the international fixed interest space according to boutique research house Zenith....

Funds management

Research houses are urging investor caution after yesterday’s shock announcement by Colonial First State that it had lost its entire listed property team....

Financial planning

The leadership of Alan Moss has turned the Macquarie name into an industry wide synonym for success....

Funds management

Research house Standard & Poor’s has finally finished its assessment of the new faces in charge of building most of Colonial First State’s Australian Equities funds, and ...

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

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

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