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GQG Partners expands Australian team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... based in Brisbane. He joins GQG Partners from Colonial First State, where he was most recently a strategic account manager. At CFS, he was responsible for managing investment and platform relationships with key wealth management clients. Meanwhile, Killen ...

CFS awards stewardship mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... voting on how a company operates its business, leads to better long-term returns for shareholders and hence our customers," CFS general manager, investments Scott Tully said. "We look forward to leveraging the knowledge and experience that EOS will bring ...

Colonial First State settles super class action for $56.3m

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... brought on behalf of approximately 100,000 super fund members who were allegedly rorted on fees. The class action alleged that CFS deliberately delayed transferring super fund members to the cheaper MySuper products, and left them in accounts with unnecessarily ...

Netwealth tops platform ratings

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... their scores, with Mason Stevens posting the largest relative increase in score, gaining +8.9% over 2020. Macquarie Wrap, CFS First Choice, Praemium and North also posted solid improvements. End-client mobile access was also improved, with WealthO2 launching ...

Advisers optimistic about revenue growth

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... pandemic to boost their savings, which can be deployed when they agree with their adviser that they're comfortable to do so," CFS chief distribution officer Bryce Quirk said. According to the Reserve Bank of Australia, household savings ratio sat at ...

CFS appoints new general manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... management and loyalty. Before working for the telecommunications giant, she worked as a marketing manager at Westpac and Optus. CFS chief operating officer Darren McKenzie said Gheller has a proven track record in delivering transformative programs ...

CFS awards platform technology mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... Specialist investment platform provider FNZ won the task of transforming FirstWrap, replacing its underlying technology as CFS attempts to cement its lead in the market. CFS chief distribution officer Bryce Quirk told Financial Standard that FirstWrap ...

CFS appoints John Brogden

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
Former politician John Brogden has taken on a new role with Colonial First State. Acting chair of Colonial First State Investments Limited (CFSIL) and Avanteos Investments Limited (AIL) Greg Cooper announced Brogden will join the boards of CFSIL and ...

CFS extends SimCorp partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
Colonial First State has re-signed with SimCorp to provide back-office support as it overhauls its systems. CFS will migrate its platform and data management to Datacare, SimCorp's cloud-based data management service, after announcing it received a ...

CFS launches low cost geared index options

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
Colonial First State (CFS) has today launched two new geared index options through its $109 billion FirstChoice platform, giving investors leveraged exposure to local and global markets. The first passively managed geared investment options to be offered ...