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CFS GAM appoints regional MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has appointed Joanna Davison, formerly at Russell Investments, in the newly created role of regional managing director, Australia & New Zealand. Prior to joining CFS GAM, Davison was at Russell Investments ...

GFC highlights five-year outperformers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... annually, would amount to $1,762. Rounding up the top five were the Hyperion Australian Growth Companies fund and the Colonial First State WS Australian Shares fund - Core both posting just over 11 per cent during that period - compared to the S&P/ASX ...

Swanson leaves CommInsure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... general manager at CommInsure. As chief financial officer of wealth management, he worked closely with the CommInsure and Colonial First State businesses.

Crisis curbs Cuffe charity fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... including Australian equities specialists Cooper Investors and Platypus Asset Management; global credit and cash manager Colonial First State Investments and alternative investment managers Select Asset Management and Ellerston Capital.

Tribeca stays on track

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... there's been a trickle so far." The deal has also been a boon for Tribeca Investment Partners' retail market strategy, with Colonial First State added the Grant Samuel/Tribeca Alpha Plus fund to the Colonial First State FirstWrap platform. But one of ...

Instos win $5.5m in sustainable grants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
Colonial First State Global Asset Management, AMP Capital Investors and ING Management received more than $5.5 million worth of government grants to make the firms' invested properties more sustainable. The grants were awarded last week as part of the ...

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
... Thomas, chief 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 ...

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 ...