COLONIAL FIRST STATE
Funds management
The Commonwealth Bank has relied heavily on its funds management business to post an 11 per cent increase in its net profit to $2.7 billion today....
Financial planning
TECHNOLOGY firm Avanteos has enhanced its back-office wealth management software suite with a feature that helps financial planners generate personalised investment strat...
Editorial
The increasing attention on hedge funds marks the growing popularity of this alternative investment class and, as NICOLE SZOLLOS writes, recent data suggests continuing g...
Editorial
Hedge funds have done well in terms of both performance and distribution, but they are yet to be universally accepted on master trust menus. FIONA MOORE reports....
Funds management
The rise of boutique fund managers has been propelled by their ability to deliver at a time when institutional fund managers are finding it tough. MARK KNIGHT reports on ...
Funds management
Colonial First State (CFS) has developed Australia’s first specialised post graduate program in hedge funds, offered in conjunction with Macquarie University as part of i...
Financial planning
The Colonial First State Property Trust Group will be taking to its unit holders a proposal for the group to merge with the Commonwealth Property Office Fund and Gandel R...
Financial planning
Colonial First State has recruited John Mann, the previous head of marketing at Invesco, for the role of head of brand and advertising....
Financial planning
Alternative investments have become increasingly attractive to retail investors as knowledge and awareness of the sector gains pace. While infrastructure funds have been ...
Financial planning
Master trust fee levels will ultimately be determined by investors, through innovations such as Colonial’s FirstChoice master trust. KATE KACHOR reports....
Financial planning
The debate on growth pensions appears to have deflated, despite promises from the Government. GEORGE LIONDIS reports....
Funds management
The funds management and banking sectors have been in an acquisition frenzy during the past two years, fulfilling the industry prophecy of rationalisation. FIONA MOORE ta...
Funds management
The BT group is expected to join the growing list of major funds management groups in Australia to push headlong into the burgeoning hedge fund scene with the launch of a...
Financial planning
Colonial First State has questioned the need for a straight through processing service to hit the market, claiming such an offering at this stage would be a case of too l...
Financial planning
Colonial First State Investments has pulled out of New Zealand and transferred responsibility for distributing its funds to fellow Commonwealth Bank subsidiary, Sovereign...
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