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IXIS wins $450m CFS mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
IXIS Asset Management Australia has been awarded a $450 million global bond mandate from Colonial First State for its FirstChoice platform. IXIS Australia affiliate Loomis, Sayles & Company will manage the mandate and follows a Loomis Sayles revision ...

Avanteos loses $7 billion Goldman Sachs mandate

Colonial First State (CFS) has lost a $7.1 billion Goldman Sachs JBWere mandate from its Avanteos platform, according to the CBA's third quarter trading update that was released yesterday. CFS advise the mandate represented only 4 per cent of the stated ...

Barrett builds new distribution team at CFS

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
Colonial First State's (CFS) newly appointed general manager, Paul Barrett, has finished building his new distribution management team after an internal recruitment drive, making four key appointments. Kylie Macfarlane has been promoted to head of retail ...

CBA fin services firing on all cylinders

In a detailed wealth management update today, the heads at Commonwealth Bank's wealth management arm announced a raft of good news, a better fund manager remuneration scheme and the launch of a new margin lending tool. The bank's financial services ...

CFS rebuilds infrastructure for $1.2b play

Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has rejigged the top management of its infrastructure investments team ahead of plans to raise $1.2 billion from the institutional market. The group has promoted Stephen Vineburg to global head of ...

Magellan hires ex-CFS head of distribution

Magellan Financial Group, formerly the Pengana Hedge Funds Group, has appointed Frank Casarotti as head of distribution for its funds management activities. Prior to joining Magellan, Casarottie worked at Commonwealth Bank where he was head of adviser ...

Home-grown talent bag global awards

Local fund managers Colonial First State Investments (CFS) and Ausbil Dexia are the recipients of three prestigious international fund manager awards, proof that Australia's globally-renowned talent extends beyond the Olympics and the Oscars. This month ...

CFS raises its glass to $30b for FirstChoice

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
Colonial First State is ending the year on a high as its FirstChoice platform clocks up $30 billion in funds under administration with growth of 50 per cent over the calendar year. Brian Bissaker, chief executive officer, puts the growth down to the ...

CFS adds two to fixed interest and credit team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
Colonial First State has added two new recruits to its fixed interest and credit team. Darja Milosevic has joined the team as senior quantitative analyst and Lisa Munckton has been appointed assistant portfolio manager. Milosevic has spent the last ...

QSuper ploughs $2b into derivatives and swaps

Super fund QSuper has taken the extraordinary step of investing around $2 billion in derivative and swap contracts that mimic the performance of inflation-linked bonds as an alternative to buying the real thing. As the name suggests, inflation-linked ...