COLONIAL FIRST STATE

Funds management

In the dark days of 2001-2002, when investment markets were in the doldrums, a dismal performance by the big institutional funds left a lot of planners and investors look...

Financial planning

Platform providers have again been left to play second fiddle to Colonial’s FirstChoice...

Superannuation

With the baby boomer generation now entering retirement, or certainly looking down the gun barrel, the focus on retirement income streams, by both the government and fina...

Financial planning

AMP Financial Services managing director Craig Dunn and Colonial First State chief executive John Pearce have been promoted to the roles of chair and deputy chair of the ...

Financial planning

A business set up by the CBA to take equity stakes in boutique financial planning groups has been shut down after only one year....

Financial planning

Wholesale wrap platform Avanteos has signed a deal with Colonial First State to access its FirstChoice wholesale multi-manager funds....

Editorial

Commonwealth Bank has again declared record dividends and posted strong full year results across all businesses, including funds management which saw a 28 per cent increa...

Financial planning

A repeat of the changes in funds under management seen during the March quarter will elevate Macquarie Bank to Australia’s largest asset manager, knocking Commonwealth Ba...

Financial planning

Results of the Commonwealth Bank’s review of Colonial First State will be announced before the end of February, as dealer groups and researchers call for a refinement of ...

Financial planning

Colonial First State has outsourced half of the listed property trust portfolio in its balanced fund to Pengana Capital....

Financial planning

Macquarie Investment Management is poised to take the mantle of Australia’s largest investment manager from the Commonwealth Bank’s Colonial First State, according to the...

Financial planning

452 Capital will need to restructure quickly to ensure business management continuity in light of Warwick Negus’ departure, analysts have said....

Financial planning

Two international fund managers are increasing their presence in Australia with Acadian Asset Management and Colonial First State forming a joint venture, and AXA Rosenbe...

Financial planning

AXA has been named winner of this year’s Money Management Fund Manager of the Year in mortgage funds. According to Elizabeth Foley, a long-term, experienced mortgage team...

Superannuation

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia appears as one of the Superstars on this year’s list of leading investment platform providers. It is the second largest group in terms ...

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