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PIS prepares for tough year

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... its fund 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 ...

NGSS on mandate spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... AMP Future 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 ...

Planners turn to cash and TD funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... Term Deposit, 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 ...

GFC wipes $80b FUM

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... end of 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 ...

Super Concepts scores $600m admin coup

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... moved to the 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 ...

Platform wedge over pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... and what they're looking for from the product," cautions Alan Kenny, general manager product and investment services, Colonial Fist State. "They are looking for daily unit pricing, a ready access to their money, so that they can make decisions on their ...

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
... fund managers, 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 ...

S&P ramps up research division

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... hired former 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 ...

RaboPlus cuts platform fees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... markets. The 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 ...