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CBA fin services firing on all cylinders

In a detailed wealth management update today, the heads at Commonwealth Bank's wealth management arm announced a raft of good news, a better fund manager remuneration scheme and the launch of a new margin lending tool. The bank's financial services ...

IFSA adds two to board

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has appointed two senior industry executives as new board members. Maria Wilton joins the board from Franklin Templeton Investments where she is currently managing director. Brian Bissaker fills ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
The Australian share market has recovered to be in positive territory at midday after a weak opening on the back of lower commodity prices and no real lead from the US. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.6 points at 5901.4, while ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
Some good news with respect to Australia's skills development and technological strength following the announcement by Education, Science and Training Minister Julie Bishop that the national science organisation CSIRO will receive $2.5 billion in funding. ...

CFS raises its glass to $30b for FirstChoice

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
Colonial First State is ending the year on a high as its FirstChoice platform clocks up $30 billion in funds under administration with growth of 50 per cent over the calendar year. Brian Bissaker, chief executive officer, puts the growth down to the ...

Colonial appoints GM product and services

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
Colonial First State has promoted Alan Kenny to the role of general manager product and investment services to fill the seat vacated by Brian Bissaker who this month stepped up to the role of chief executive officer. Kenny has been part of the Colonial ...

Paul Barrett to head up distribution at CFS

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
Paul Barrett, general manager of Commonwealth Bank owned Financial Wisdom, will leave the group after accepting an offer to step into the role of general manager, distribution, with Colonial First State. Barrett steps into the role after the promotion ...

Select gold up 118 per cent in just 12 months

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
Gold fever and the commodities boom has pushed the Select Gold Fund up a staggering 118 per cent in just the last 12 months. This performance surge is 42 percentage points more than the FTSE Gold Mines Index and 71 percentage points more than the Gold ...

Recovering house prices to sustain wealth affect

... to continue in 2006." Reinforcing this relatively upbeat market view, Rob Mellor, director of building and construction of BIS Shrapnel, added, "Apart from an increase in first home buyer activity, activity from second and subsequent homes buyers is ...

Industry and retail fund bickering needs to stop: Planners

The consensus among planners who attended the van Eyk conference in Sydney this week was clear: industry and retail funds need to stop bickering and instead serve consumers as a homogeneous front. On the same day that IFSA released research revealing ...