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CFS awards three new alternatives mandates

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
Colonial First State has awarded three mandates, totalling $300 million dollars, from its Colonial FirstChoice platform that will form a new alternatives manager allocation strategy. FirstChoice Growth now has an allocation of 3 per cent to alternatives. ...

MTAA awards triple equities mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... three separate fund managers. Ankura Capital has secured a $440 million mandate, while Bennelong Funds Management and Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), each received $170 million. The $6 billion MTAA said that the new deals came ...

Ratings round up

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... 'Recommended'. Morningstar published new reports for Aspect Diversified Futures, giving it a 'Recommended' designation and Colonial First State's FirstChoice Australian Small Companies and Fixed Income strategies, evaluating both at "investment grade ...

AFA targets online ad campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... compete with a plethora of other advice industry campaigns now in the media, including those currently being executed by Colonial First State, Westpac, Newcastle Permanent and the Industry Superannuation Network. While the campaign has been stirred by ...

CFS builds in corporate super

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
Colonial First State tackles employer super issues by releasing retained benefits functionality for FirstChoice Employer Super (FCES). Staff turnover is a major hurdle for many employer super funds, according to research by the Australian Human Resources ...

Budget 2011: minor investors cut short

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... attraction of investing on behalf of minor or making trust distributions to minors," said MLC. According to both MLC and Colonial First State, this is because currently it's possible for a minor to receive a maximum tax-free income of $3,333 pa when ...

Innovative platforms create $397 bn industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... MLC Wrap & Navigator FirstWrap netwealth Asgard eWrap Macquarie Wrap Other awards included best new functionality for Colonial FirstChoice and Best Navigation and User Interface award for Asgard's AdviserNET. Australia's platform industry recorded funds ...

UniSuper chair to retire

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... Cuffe as chairman when Elizabeth Bryan steps down from the role at the end of June. Cuffe was a former chief executive of Colonial First State Investments and Challenger Financial Services Group. He is a director of other organisations including Centric ...

Ex UBS managers resurface for Bennelong small caps fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... portfolio manager of the boutique. He has over 10 years experience in wealth management with UBS and prior to that with Colonial First State. Former UBS colleague Michael Vidler joins them as senior investment analyst. Bennelong, which has generated ...

CFS tilts at emerging market returns

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Colonial First State subsidiary Realindex Investments has launched an emerging markets index fund that seeks to remove the drag of weighting distortion with value investing techniques. The fund, which will have fees of 79 basis points per annum and ...