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Challenger to open redemptions on mortgage fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... turn prompted all the major mortgage funds to freeze redemptions and it is only in the past year that key players, such as CFS and Australian Unity, have started improving their liquidity and redemption rules. Peter Ward, head of property research at ...

Challenge your consultants on ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... managers have a separate rating based on their ESG approach while fund manager Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) has a team, led by long-time ESG pioneer Amanda McCluskey, whose mission is to embed ESG processes across CFSGAM products. ...

CFS snares Macq exec to head Bankwest Fin Advice

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Colonial First State (CFS) has recruited a new senior executive from Macquarie private wealth for its Bankwest financial advice business. CFS has appointed Cassandra Hinze to the position of head of Bankwest Financial Advice (BWFA). Hinze joins Colonial ...

Rainmaker unveils winners of the 2010 Marketing Excellence Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... won the inaugural award, based on the verdict of a judging panel made up of the heads of marketing at Russell Investments, CFS GAM, CommInsure, the FPA, Honner Media and Rainmaker. TWU's 'super tips for any age' campaign led to a phenomenal 45 per cent ...

Food security back on the radar

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
The news of BHP's recent bid for Potash Corp has brought the issue of investing in food security to the forefront, with CFSGAM, H3 Global and WLM Financial hot on the sector's trail. BHP made a $39 billion hostile bid for Potash Corp, a bid Potash later ...

CFS replaces 452 Capital with Integrity, CFSGAM

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
Colonial First State Investments (CFS) has moved swiftly to replace 452 Capital with other managers following the shock departures of three senior executives, including the wife of co-founder and star fund manager Peter Morgan, from the boutique fund ...

S&P places CFS funds on hold

S&P RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has put two CFS FirstChoice funds 'on hold' following the uncertainty surrounding the future of 452 Capital. The ratings house has placed the CFS FirstChoice Wholesale Boutique Australian Share Fund and CFS FirstChoice ...

AvSuper takes legal action against big fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
Canberra-based super fund AvSuper Pty Ltd (AvSuper) has lodged legal proceedings against Commonwealth Managed Investments Limited (CMIL) and Colonial First State Property Limited (CFSPL) over the meaning of an agreement regarding the super fund's entitlements ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... more companies deliver financial results on Tuesday. Annual results are expected from Commonwealth Property Office Trust, CFS Retail Property Trust, OneSteel Ltd, UGL Ltd, SAI Global Ltd, Primary Health Care Ltd, Challenger Wine Trust, GWA International ...

Wealth mgmt earnings boost CBA results

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... divisional profits. Funds under administration rose 6 per cent to $180 billion. Funds under management at the company's flagship CFS Global Asset Management business grew by 4 per cent to $144 billion, where an improvement in equity markets was offset ...