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PGI fund placed on FirstChoice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
Principal Global Investors' flagship property securities fund has been included in Colonial First State's platform, FirstChoice. Grant Forster, chief executive for Principal Global Investors Australian said the Principal Property Securities Fund has ...

VicSuper seeds $150m low carb fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... executive of Trucost. The fund's 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 ...

UniSuper hires former CFS chief as CIO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
The $21 billion UniSuper has appointed former Colonial First State Investment Management chief executive John Pearce as its chief investment officer, following the departure of its long-standing CIO, David St. John. Pearce, who previously headed CFS ...

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
... important step in moving from 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 ...

Bankwest planners join CFS

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
Bankwest's financial advisers will officially become part of Colonial First State by the first week of July, but will continue trading under the Bankwest brand. Bankwest announced yesterday that its 57 Personal Financial Advisers will align with Commonwealth ...

CommInsure signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... working on implementing the principles into the firm's process now. The spokesperson said Amanda McCluskey, Colonial First State Global Asset Management head of sustainability & responsible investment, is not assisting in the process. CommInsure provides ...

Snowden departure forces ratings review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
Colonial First State property securities funds with around $3 billion in funds under management (FUM) are under ratings review following the surprise departure of John Snowden, portfolio manager at CFS global property securities. Andrew Nicholas has ...

S&P puts 12 CFS funds 'on hold'

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has placed 12 Colonial First State's (CFS) small-cap growth funds 'On Hold'. The dramatic move follows the announcement that the small-caps lead portfolio manager Raaz Bhuyan is transferring across to the CFS's large-cap ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... Exchange, the June share price index contract was trading up 56 points at 3,609 on a volume of 16,263 contracts. Colonial First State head of investment markets research Stephen Halmarick said the local share rally had begun during Monday's session on ...