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PIS prepares for tough year

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... managers, particularly after last year's trend of mortgage funds redemptions freeze by fund managers such as Colonial First State, ING and APN Funds Management. "We're certainly looking at a company's ability to provide liquidity because the last thing ...

NGSS on mandate spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... Directions and Barclays Global Investors have been axed. However the fund is retaining its investment with Colonial First State Emerging Markets. Bill Dwyer, NGSS manager, investments, heralded the fund's latest move as a formula for improved investment ...

Planners turn to cash and TD funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... UBS Cash Fund and Adelaide Bank 12-month Term Deposit respectively. Ausbil Australian Active Equity Fund, Colonial First State Wholesale Global Res Fund and Fidelity Australian Equities Fund were ranked second, fourth and sixth based on net inflows. ...

GFC wipes $80b FUM

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... September totalled $513 billion, down 15.2 per cent or $78.1 billion over the past year. Macquarie, St.George, Colonial First State and MLC were among the worst hit, according to the report. Macquarie's funds under management fell 18.4 per cent or $9 ...

Super Concepts scores $600m admin coup

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... ING-owned admin provider. According to Paul May, Super Concepts general manager, Commonwealth Bank-owned Colonial First State moved 450 YourChoice SMSF clients each representing more than $1 million in asset under administration to Super Concepts in ...

FirstChoice platform upgrade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
Colonial First State is supercharging its FirstChoice platform with the addition of a government guaranteed cash deposit product, four Realindex RAFI funds and an enhanced range of insurance service. The platform's new FirstRate Saver includes no ongoing ...

Perpetual mortgage funds reopen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... which have similarly frozen their mortgage funds, are yet to follow Perpetual's lead. A spokesperson from Colonial First State said that applications are still closed to its seven affected funds, although they are processing withdrawals on a quarterly ...

S&P ramps up research division

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... Westpac Private Bank senior manager; Graham Fox, former Aegis Equities Research head; Rodney Lay, previous Colonial First State analyst, Shane Brereton and former Mercer analyst; Sheela Veerappan to the Fund Services team. Among the key hires is head ...

RaboPlus cuts platform fees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... firm's online savings and investment platform provides access to big names such as AMP, BlackRock, Challenger, Colonial First State, Schroders, Tyndall and UBS with no administration or on-going costs. "We have been listening to the feedback from our ...

Westscheme heeds APRA comments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... ING Investment Management previously managed the Westscheme Cash Option but the fund decided to switch to Colonial First State Wholesale Premium Cash Fund due to "deterioration in the credit markets" and other concerns. "[APRA] asked trustees to pay ...