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Gunning resigns from Commonwealth FP

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... according to data from Rainmaker Information. A spokesperson from the group said Gunning had been a part of the CFP and Colonial First State businesses for six years as part of their executive team. David Mackay, national manager of CFP, will be acting ...

CFS GAM hires short-term cash manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Colonial First State Global Asset Management hired former AMP Capital Investors senior portfolio manager, Martin Ross as portfolio manager in the short-term investments team. Ross previously worked as a senior portfolio manager - macro markets - fixed ...

Super fund tech still lags: KPMG

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... leading funds in the overall rankings, inclusive of real time functionality, were Plum Superannuation, Mercer Super trust, Colonial First State FirstChoice Employer Super, REST and ING Corporate Super. In the industry funds sector, REST topped the list ...

Super funds battle for ASFA awards

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... Mercer, QSuper, Quadrant Super, Russell Investments, Super SA and UniSuper. Last year's winners included CPA Australia, Colonial First State and AXA Australia. Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the awards are on August 28. ...

QSuper call centre wins top gong

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... Throughout the years, other financial services firms' call centres which have won accolades from the ATA include Perpetual, Colonial First State, ING Australia and BT Financial. Last year, another super fund, Comsuper, also managed to win the teleprofessional ...

UN PRI gets tough and de-lists signatories

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... complaints because of its thoroughness," said Gifford. To provide some idea of the workload behind completing the survey, Colonial First State Global Asset Management's Responsible Investment Report 2008 is 44 pages. Even though the UN PRI is shedding ...

Platform money flows back into markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
Colonial First State FirstChoice and MLC MasterKey, two of Australia's largest investment platforms, are experiencing inflows away from cash and into listed markets and other growth strategies. Brent Howells, head of product MasterKey at MLC, said the ...

Cbus CEO wins UN PRI board seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... on the board. Australia has more than 70 UN PRI signatories including AustralianSuper, AMP Capital Investors, QIC, and Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM). "Given that we have such a large number of signatories it is appropriate for ...

Instos reverse traction in alternatives

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... and Morgan Stanley. Not surprisingly, Macquarie once again dominated the top 10 Australian alternatives managers list. Colonial First State came in second, with AMP Capital Investors winning third place.

Cuffe joins Centric board

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
Centric Wealth has appointed former Colonial First State chief executive Chris Cuffe to the firm's board. Cuffe is well known for his management roles at Colonial First State where he helped pioneer the FirstChoice platform and, separately, Challenger ...