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GFC highlights five-year outperformers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
In 2004, Greece held the Olympic Games, Coldplay's Clocks was on top of the charts and, if you invested $1,000 in Perennial, Prime Value or Fidelity's Australian equities fund, that same capital would be worth over $1,700 today. Rainmaker Information ...

GIC reshuffles top management

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... GIC Special Investments Private Limited. Meanwhile, Lim Siong Guan has been appointed GIC group president and chairman of GAM. Lim will oversee the public markets group and be in charge of the organisational development of GIC's three operating subsidiaries ...

Seven in 10 investors are bullish: ML

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
Around 70 per cent of investors are bullish that the economy will improve in the next 12 months, according to the latest Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers. Portfolio managers are picking themselves up slowly from last year's markets debris and starting ...

Active managers be warned: Frontier

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
Frontier Investment Consulting's $89 billion client base is increasingly questioning the high fees of active managers - a clear sign these managers need to lift their game, said the firm's managing director, Fiona Trafford-Walker. Trafford-Walker, who ...

Go online, get results

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
With 13 million online users in Australia and $24 billion spent on the web last year, it's time to make online technology the heart of your super campaign, says a marketing expert. Mike Hill, director of Holler and speaker at yesterday's Rainmaker Marketing ...

Julius Baer splits AM and bank

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... both businesses will be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange with Julius Baer Group focussing on the private banking services and GAM Holding managing the asset management division. The move is not expected to cause any loss of staff, the firm said in a ...

Instos win $5.5m in sustainable grants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... responsible entity for the ING Office fund. Darren Steinberg, head of property at Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM), said applying for the government's grants is in line with the firm's responsibilities as a signatory to the United ...

VicSuper seeds $150m low carb fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... initiative follows the launch of the second UN PRI progress report from Colonial First State Global Asset Management. CFS GAM is taking the implementation of ESG principles mainstream as it hopes to get the UN PRI tick across all the asset classes it ...

CFS GAM releases second PRI report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM), which manages more than $128 billion in funds, has launched its second progress report on implementing the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). The report covers the firm's ...

Trustees hot on ESG course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... principles to action," said Sherry. The half-day course was developed with Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM). Amanda McCluskey, head of sustainability and responsible investment at CFS GAM, has been administering the course. Fiona ...