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CFS GAM appoints Australian Equities head

Colonial First State Global Asset Management has appointed a senior executive from Morgan Stanley, Marcus Fanning, to head the group's Australian Equities (Growth). Fanning replaces Simon Shields, the former head of Australian Equities (GDP Plus), who ...

Advisers urged to exit UBS Aussie fund

Ratings firm Standard & Poor's Fund Services has downgraded the UBS Australian Share Fund from four to two stars and recommended that advisers find an alternative manager for their "core" Australian-equities investment. While UBS is not the only fund ...

Week of resignations for UBS

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
Rounding out a week of personnel-propelled headlines for UBS Global Asset Management, another executive has tendered his resignation. Hot on the heels of head of Australian equities, Paul Fiani's departure, deputy portfolio manager, Shawn Burns, has ...

New blood to shake up CFS Aussie equities

Colonial First State, one of the largest equities funds manager in the country, hopes to turn its misfortunes on the personnel front into an opportunity to hunt new talent and revamp its performance track record. The revolving door at CFS has kept turning ...

Govt moves on bankruptcy super shield

The Federal Government has abandoned its previously proposed line of attack towards bankrupt individuals who try to dodge their creditors by exploiting a super loophole, instead adopting a more common sense approach to the long-running problem. Late ...

Plastic debt to reach $48 billion

Consumer borrowing through credit card is predicted to reach just under $48 billion by 2009 prompting calls for tighter government regulation to curb potentially unsustainable borrowing. The inaugural research on credit card debt conducted by market ...

Colonial finds inaccuracies in S&P rating

Colonial First State (CFS) says Standard & Poor got it wrong when they said the fund was not looking to appoint another portfolio manager, after the ratings group downgraded nine funds run by CFS, following the departure of senior portfolio manager ...

Agency confirms CFS ratings, following Harding's departure

Research group Morningstar has reconfirmed its Australian equity ratings for Colonial First State Investment Managers (CFS), following the decision of Ian Harding, head of Australian equities at CFS, to resign in early 2004. Colonial First State's "GDP ...