COLONIAL FIRST STATE

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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Outsider

Outsider wishes Linda Elkins well as she moves from her role as executive general manager at Colonial First State (CFS) to her new gig as National Sector Leader for Asset...

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