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IFSA members approve name change, new focus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
Colonial First State Investments, AMP, ING Australia were among the big finance firms that backed the Investment & Financial Service Association's new strategy. IFSA members held an extraordinary general meeting in Sydney yesterday to change the association's ...

Legalsuper puts custody to tender

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... managers, down from 55 last June after a rationalisation of its manager line up. Legalsuper also has a credit mandate with Colonial First State Global Asset Management.

Platforms up 30pc to $391bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... assets and 21 per cent of the market. MLC is close behind on 20 per cent with $78 billion. Behind these juggernauts is Colonial First State with 14 per cent and AMP with 11 per cent. All the rest are in single digits. Should NAB be successful in its ...

CFSGAM aims for top quartile UN PRI performance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), the largest fund manager in the country, mounts an ambitious strategy to rank as a top quartile fund based on performance when measured against the key principles set in the UN PRI. At a briefing ...

Implemented Portfolios adds four practices

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... will provide asset allocation research from Jonathon Pain (ex-HFA Asset Management), Tim Farrelly and Paul Dortkamp (ex-Colonial First State), known as the Asset Allocation and Investment Committee. The firm's investment manager, Jon Reilly, assists ...

452 Capital returns 32pc in Morgan's absence

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... and taxes, in the 12 months to May - only just underperforming its benchmark by less than 1 per cent (74 basis points). Colonial First State distributes 452 Capital's funds. The Australian shares fund manager retained its 'three stars' rating on the ...

CFSGAM studies infrastructure ESG risk

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Colonial First State Global Asset Management's (CFSGAM) direct infrastructure team has gone back to school to integrate responsible investment principles (PRI) into their process. The fund manager hired Environmental Resources Management (ERM) to develop ...

Perkovic pushes for FirstWrap market share

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
Nearly six months since joining Colonial First State, Marianne Perkovic, general manager of distribution, is expanding the reach of CFS' FirstWrap platform by hiring a new head of platform sales and targeting SMSF planners. Perkovic said one of her ...

Aussie quant funds stay ahead with proprietary data

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... which involved five different providers, resulted in two ratings downgrades, one new rating and two ratings affirmed. The Colonial First State Acadian Wholesale Australian Equity fund received the highest rating of 'four stars'. "This year, S&P was not ...

Haddock appointed chairman of ACSRF

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... experience includes chairman of Cashcard Australia, chairman of Macarthur Cook, director of AXA Insurance, and Auspace Colonial First State Private Capital. Haddock holds Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Sydney. He ...