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First Sentier axes investment units, AUM takes $14bn hit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... spokesperson said. Mitsubishi UFG Financial Group acquired FSI in 2019 for $4.2 billion. It was previously known as Colonial First State Global Asset Management when it was owned by Commonwealth Bank. In a note to investors, Colonial First State (CFS) ...

Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... Australians believe they need $1.6 million to be financially comfortable in retirement, a new survey from Colonial First State (CFS) finds, but they cannot agree on what living comfortably looks like. This is well above Association of Superannuation ...

'About bloody time': Industry responds to PPL super reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... government will pay super on its scheme, it sets an example for more employers to follow," the group said. Colonial First State, Insignia Financial, TelstraSuper, and UniSuper also welcomed the move, as did the Financial Services Council. However, many ...

Rest appoints general manager, product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... in investment management and superannuation. Most notably, he served as executive director, investments at Colonial First State for some two decades. "Rest is unique in the superannuation industry in that it represents more than a million members under ...

More than 40% of women unprepared for retirement: CFS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
About 44% of women are not financially prepared for retirement, according to Colonial First State. That's the key finding from the institution's consumer research, which showed a 13-percentage point gap compared to the 31% of men who feel the same. ...

Best default super funds revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... a pension product. Close behind, Essential Super's Employer - Lifestage 1980-1984 option, managed by Colonial First State (CFS) for its investment schemes, saw a return of 11.5%. Notably, CFS' FirstChoice Employer lifecycle product matched this ...

Jo-Anne Bloch to chair CSLR

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... served as a non-executive director at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Financy, Colonial First State, and the Sydney Financial Forum. "Bloch is an experienced leader in financial services, and in particular financial advice ...

Centrepoint Alliance targets further growth with new platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... IconiQ brand name, targeting a launch date in Q3 of this calendar year. FNZ is also the technology partner of Colonial First State's new Edge platform. Centrepoint said the offering will be competitively priced, with no minimum fee, account aggregation ...

Janus Henderson makes two senior appointments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... New Zealand distribution efforts in the intermediary channel. Prior to Janus Henderson, MacDonald worked at Colonial First State in business development. Adam Cassidy joins the fold as sales director after four and a half years at T. Rowe Price where ...

Mergers a boon for super member growth

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... Conversely, the funds that experienced the worst nominal net member growth were AMP, Insignia Financial, Colonial First State (CFS), Commonwealth Bank Officers Super, and TWUSUPER. CFS lost 29,426 members and saw total membership dip 3.5% year on year ...
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