COLONIAL FIRST STATE

Financial planning

Advisers receiving Adviser Service Fees via Colonial First State’s superannuation funds are facing an early cut-off unless clients specifically opt in....

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People & Products

Melinda He has been appointed as manager – liquid assets to assist with the equity, fixed income and liquids alternatives side of the portfolio....

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Superannuation

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has acknowledged the two class actions against Colonial First State that were filed last week....

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Financial planning

Slater and Gordon has become the second to file a class action against CFS for charging FirstChoice Super members higher fees for ongoing commissions to members who did n...

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Superannuation

Former Colonial First State executive director, Linda Elkins may have left the company and become a partner at KPMG but she has been named in a class action filing....

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Features

In an ever-connected world, there’s no questioning the logic behind branching out to all corners of the globe, but Chris Dastoor writes, given the depth of options, you’d...

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People & Products

Sarah Forman has been appointed group executive advice, while Peter Chun is now the group executive member for growth....

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Features

Laura Dew explores how the managed account space could change in the future as the industry awaits the conclusion of an ASIC review of the sector....

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Funds management

Colonial First State Global Asset Management has been rebranded to First Sentier Investors as it completes its sale from the Commonwealth Bank....

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Funds management

Strategic stock selection combined with appropriate diversification and a modicum of luck represented the keys for the fund managers who emerged best in the latest quanti...

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Features

The fund managers that received the most five Crown downgrades had a lot of 19 mixed asset funds demoted collectively, data finds....

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Financial planning

With the Commonwealth Bank’s planned exit from Financial Wisdom and the sale of Count Financial, all eyes have turned to the future of Colonial First State....

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Superannuation

It is only early days, but already the numbers of superannuation fund members who have lost insurance cover as a result of the Government’s Protecting Your Superannuation...

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People & Products

GQG Partners has hired Daniel Bullock from Magellan as director of wholesale markets Australia as the US firm looks to expand....

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Features

Planning for the times beyond your own existence is always a grim prospect, but Chris Dastoor writes that being organised will help reduce unnecessary heartache and hassl...

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