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Colonial First State and Aspect Capital celebrate 10-year partnership

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Colonial First State (CFS) is set to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of its strategic partnership with investment manager Aspect Capital. The partnership began with the launch of the Aspect Diversified

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17 Sep 2020

CFS partners with Striver to support long-term sustainability of the financial advice industry

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Colonial First State has partnered with graduate coaching and training service Striver to support the long-term sustainability of the financial advice industry. Striver launched as Grad Mentor in 2013 and

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14 Sep 2020

Women are faced with new retirement realities since Coronavirus hit

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Australians are feeling less confident about their retirement in a post Coronavirus world and think they might be forced to delay retirement and work longer than expected, according to new

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04 Aug 2020

Colonial First State data reveals surge in super switches

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New data from Colonial First State (CFS) reveals switches by super members were three times the usual rate in March as a number of Australians moved their superannuation to cash

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07 May 2020

Colonial First State data reveals financial adviser hot topics

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CFS’ team of technical superannuation experts is helping ensure advisers are ready to help members, for whom early access under the Government’s package will provide much needed funds to help

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01 May 2020

Colonial First State launches Global Stewardship Fund with partner Baillie Gifford

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Colonial First State (CFS) has expanded its strategic Alliance Partnership with global investment management firm Baillie Gifford, with the launch of the Baillie Gifford Global Stewardship Fund (“the Fund”). The

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25 Oct 2019

Brazil – bold and beautiful

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Andrew Greenup, Deputy Head of Global Listed Infrastructure at Colonial First State Global Asset Management (‘CFSGAM’), recently spent a week in Brazil visiting infrastructure companies, assets, regulators and government in

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06 Sep 2017

CSFGAM Global Listed release infrastructure whitepaper

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Colonial First State Global Asset Management’s (CFSGAM) Global Listed Infrastructure team has marked their 10th anniversary by releasing a whitepaper, ‘Past, present, future’, reflecting on the last decade of investing

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07 Jul 2017

CFS enhancements provide adviser ease and convenience

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Colonial First State (CFS) has announced more enhancements to its platforms to help advisers spend less time on back-office work and more time in front of their clients. CFS General

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17 Mar 2016

Colonial First State delivers a range of annuities via FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms

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Colonial First State announced that Challenger annuities are now available via its FirstWrap and FirstChoice platforms, alongside CommInsure annuities, which became available via those platforms in June 2015. It is

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10 Aug 2015

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