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Morningstar signs $35bn research deal with CFS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
Researcher Morningstar Australasia has stolen the march on rival S&P when it secured a research agreement with Colonial First State, providing managed fund research and other services to planning groups with a combined $35 billion of funds under advice. ...

Westfield announces restructuring, to launch new A-REIT

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
Westfield announced plans this morning to spin a significant proportion of its local assets into the new Westfield Retail Trust, which it expects will be one of the three largest real estate investment trusts (REIT) in the Australian market. The new ...

CFS funds placed 'on hold' following staff departure

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
S&P fund services has placed the CFS Wholesale Global Share Fund and the CFS Wholesale Geared Global Share Fund 'on hold' following the second departure from the fund manager in three months. Financials analyst Vincent Houteville is set to leave the ...

CFS GAM makes a case for raising govt debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
A leading strategist at one of Australia's largest investment managers argues the case for more government debt in Australia, and says that super funds could play a key role in absorbing higher bond issuance. Stephen Halmarick, head of investment research ...

AMP, AXA and CFS planners choose own super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
AMP, AXA and Colonial First State planners channel the most sales into their parent firms' superannuation products out of six major planning groups, new research shows. According to new figures from Roy Morgan, which researched nearly 5,700 super products ...

Signposts to high yield

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
Russell Australia High Dividend Index's top ten holdings was dominated by financial stocks but property trusts are emerging as attractive high-yield stocks. The Russell Australia High Dividend Index (RAHDI) includes Australian blue-chip companies with ...

RBF-Tas terminates 452 Capital mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
RBF-Tasmania has pulled the plug on investments with 452 Capital following the departure of key investment staff, axing a $170 million mandate with the firm. Philip Mussared, chief executive of RBF-Tas, said the $3.4 billion fund is going through the ...

AMIST Super takes driver's seat on cash and bonds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
AMIST Super makes full use of its newly-established internal investment team by taking a cash mandate in-house and working closer with one of its existing fund managers on a bond mandate. In August, AMIST hired Megan Pham, formerly the assistant investment ...

S&P rerates former 452 funds

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has assigned four-star 'new' ratings to two Colonial First State funds previously managed by 452 Capital. The funds had been downgraded to sell by S&P in August following the shock departure of key 452 capital executives. ...

Snowball signs platform deal with CFS

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
ASX-listed Snowball Group has acquired revenue rights for the Symetry portfolio service platform from Colonial First State (CFS), and as part of the deal will now collaborate on its ongoing development. Snowball, which already has the majority of funds ...