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CFS taps senior Qantas Super executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
Colonial First State has appointed a senior Qantas Super executive to a superannuation governance role. The institution has appointed Hugh Loughrey as the head of the office of the trustee. He moves into the role as former head of the office of the ...

TelstraSuper names chief risk officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
TelstraSuper has appointed a chief risk officer who recently joined from Colonial First State. Sabine Taylor was initially named the corporate super fund's interim chief risk officer in February. She will transition to the permanent role immediately. ...

Multi-asset SMA launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... performance. "Resonant's multi-asset SMAs do just that," he said. Prior to Resonant, Morton was a senior quantitative analyst at Colonial First State Global Asset Management and held senior roles at MSCI and Citi. Holder was a director and chief investment ...

Communication fails to keep member interests at heart

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... Financial Standard sighted a number of member communications and found few super funds explained the benefits of the new law. Colonial First State and Rest were two exceptions. Colonial First State wrote: "The purpose of these new super laws are to make ...

Colonial First State awards $170m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
Colonial First State has awarded a global manager a $170 million mandate to invest in Australian real estate securities. DWS will invest in Australian real estate investment trusts (AREITs) on behalf of CFS under the mandate awarded in the first quarter ...

Colonial First State removes funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
Colonial First State is removing nine funds from its FirstChoice Investments menu following weak investor appetite. The removed funds include Acadian Global Managed Volatility Equity, Franklin Templeton MultiSector Bond, Milliman Managed Risk Australian ...

T. Rowe Price adds investment analyst

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
A former Colonial First State Global Asset Management portfolio manager has joined T. Rowe Price. The firm is welcoming Kim Tracey to its Australian equity team as an investment analyst in its Sydney based investment team. Tracey will report to head ...

Colonial First State makes major fee cuts

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
Colonial First State has trimmed its platforms fees, in a move it says will save $68 million in annual fees for 500,000 members. The fee reductions apply across its FirstChoice Wholesale, FirstChoice Employer Super and FirstWrap Plus platforms. They ...

Colonial acquisition cost CBA shareholders $53bn: Merlon

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
CBA's decision to purchase Colonial under then chief executive David Murray destroyed $53 billion of value to shareholders in today's dollars, says Merlon Capital Partners. Analyst Hamish Carlisle says CBA overpaid for Colonial in 2000, and ...

SMSFs outshine industry funds for large balances

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... Cbus (66.6%). Macquarie (63.2%) scored the highest satisfaction rating among retail funds, followed by Plum (62.2%) and Colonial First State (57.3%). Satisfaction with Macquarie however, plummeted 10.7% year on year. Members of Tasplan (-10.2%) and IOOF ...