John Hyslop, one of the key architects behind Colonial First State’s new ‘First Choice’ master trust, has joined IOOF in position of head of business development....

Colonial First State has announced a further changing of the guard within its funds as Barry Henderson, the portfolio manager of the group’s Future Leaders Fund will leav...

Platforms have long been a key method to access a range of investments and as JASON SPITS reports, rather than being brought down by recent markets, they have continued t...

Industry research group Rainmaker recently held its annual conference and inaugural Marketing Excellence Awards on the Gold Coast. Money Management, and its sister title ...

ANYONE who knows anything about the business of financial services knows that master trust and wrap platforms have risen from almost nought a decade ago to become the dom...

The value of BT to a big bank like Westpac lay in its wrap account platforms and that, argues LEO WASSERCUG, is a sign of the times....

Peter Polson will be retiring from his post of head of the Commonwealth Bank’s investment and insurance sales division at the end of next week....

First State Investments (UK) Ltd, the UK investment arm of Colonial First State Investments Group, has entered into an agreement that will see it directly market its own ...

The Asgard master trust has taken out the top prize in this year’s Assirt Service Level awards after being voted the best investment platform in the country by financial ...

From its birth only three years ago, Matrix Financial Group has established a successful network of financial advisers. BARBARA MESSER reports....

The industry has been rattling on about growth pensions for the best part of five years but, according to the experts, there are now some very compelling reasons for the ...

Colonial First State has added a new corporate superannuation component to its recently launched FirstChoice master trust platform, providing members of corporate super p...

COLONIAL First State’s new flagship master trust, FirstChoice, has taken in an impressive $850 million since its launch just three months ago....

Small cap funds have done well in the last year but they are becoming more difficult to access, as GEORGE LIONDIS discovers....