COLONIAL FIRST STATE

Financial planning

The announcement that Colonial First State Investments’ long time head of Australian equities Greg Perry will resign from his post in June this year has led to Morningsta...

Financial planning

Colonial First State Investments is set to lose one of the founders of its highly regarded funds management team after the group’s long time head of Australian equities, ...

Funds management

Colonial First State Property has reinforced its New Zealand commitment with the purchase of a New Zealand property funds management company, Kiwi Income Properties Limit...

Financial planning

Australia’s retail managed funds market has overcome the market turmoil and investor insecurity that followed the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US to record posit...

Financial planning

The news in late December that the Commonwealth will fold the funds management operations of Colonial First State into its own operations signals the end of a slow joinin...

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has restructured its business operations drawing together the wealth management and insurance operations for the first time since the merger with Co...

Financial planning

Colonial First State Investments will next week boost its adviser commissions on entry fees for retail funds by a further 20 per cent, giving advisers the full 100 per ce...

Financial planning

Colonial First State Investments has introduced a nil-entry-fee pricing structure for its investment products, giving investors the option to pay no up front application ...

Financial planning

Lifespan Financial Planning has boosted its presence in the wrap account market with the launch of it own service, the Omniport Wrap Service with the first $800,000 enter...

Financial planning

SuperEC, the e-commerce initiative to establish a common set of standards for the electronic processing of superannuation related information across fund managers and sup...

Financial planning

BT Margin Lending has launched a regular gearing service into its retail managed funds, making it easier for clients and advisers to access margin loans....

Financial planning

The funds arena experienced a significant improvement last month after a series of negative results following the September 11 terrorist attacks, a report by asset consul...

Financial planning

The Australian managed fund industry is bracing itself for the repercussions of the terrorist attacks in the US as investors respond to the crisis by looking for safe hav...

Financial planning

It is a phrase that will no doubt end up lost in the cluttered, oversized pile of clichés – that Australian investors are Internet savvy. However, regardless of its clich...

Financial planning

Norwich Union’s Navigator master trust has taken out the top honour in the premier service level awards for retail financial services....

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