COLONIAL FIRST STATE

Financial planning

Norwich Union's Navigator master trust has taken out the top honour and bagged five out of eight of the premier service level awards for retail financial services....

Financial planning

Lifespan is about to unveil what it believes is Australia’s first fully Web-based financial planning system. Nicole Szollos reports on a dealer group on the verge of a ma...

Financial planning

The National Australia Bank has regained the mantle as the top managed fund distributor in the retail market, dominating inflows into managed funds in the last three mont...

Funds management

In preparation for the roll out of retail and wholesale fund of funds hedge funds later this year, Colonial First State has appointed as its hedge funds consultants, Harc...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has stepped up its support for the introduction of the proposed growth pension, to fill the existing gap in the m...

Financial planning

Advance Funds Management and Colonial First State picked up the bulk of the funds management gongs at last night’s Personal Investor Awards at Sydney’s ANA Hotel....

Editorial

Stock market analysts and the media often discuss the next opportunities in sectors of the Australian market. Stuart Engel asks whether they may be missing the point. S...

Funds management

The Deutsche owned Paladin Property Securities has been recognised for its performance in the property investment market with an award of best overall fund by Property In...

Financial planning

A major shakeup of the Commonwealth Bank group in New Zealand sees Sovereign taking over the marketing of Colonial First State Investment's (CFSI) retail funds, with the ...

Editorial

Asset consultants, research houses and financial planners sometimes argue that fund managers rarely outperform their benchmark index. The question is then asked why we pa...

Financial planning

Sealcorp has dumped Colonial First State and taken on Lumley Life as life insurance provider for the massive Asgard master trust....

Funds management

Colonial First State Australia has expanded in to the domestic private equity sector with the roll out of a Diversified Private Equity Fund....

Funds management

Credit Suisse has blitzed the field in the 2001 <I>Money Management</I>/Assirt Fund Manager of the Year to take out overall line honours in the awards....

Funds management

Strong capabilities across all sectors in all market conditions has propelled Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) to the top spot in the multi-sector category....

Editorial

As always, developments in the equity market have had a powerful influence on the investment decisions made by fund managers specialising in property. With the slower equ...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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