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Financial Standard unwrapped: Our top stories in 2018

HARRISON WORLEY | WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018

... four banks in spinning off their wealth management arms, with Commonwealth Bank announcing the demerger of Colonial First State just a month earlier. By April HSBC had already completed a significant wind-down of its advice business, with just five financial ...

CFS swaps global equities managers

KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018

Colonial First State has appointed a $600 million mandate as it reviews the manager lineup for its $3.8 billion multi-manager global equities fund. In a change that became active last Friday, Boston-based quant manager Arrowstreet Capital took over ...

Super admin provider adds chief information officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018

... and scale. She brings more than 30 years' experience and has also held roles with Class Finance, AMP and Colonial First State. Coull said she is delighted to be joining OneVue. "There are a lot of smaller businesses out there who just don't know where ...

Responsible investing rises on advice agenda

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018

... communication channels. The leading five fund managers, according to the advisers, were Magellan, Vanguard, Colonial First State, Challenger and Macquarie. "Certain fund managers do better at converting awareness into planner relationships in this competitive ...

CBA stashes cash for compliance

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018

... 30 June 2018," the bank said. Separately the bank will put aside $144 million as part of its disposal of Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, expected to complete in mid-2019. However ...

CFS retail sales lead joins global boutique

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018

The head of retail investment sales at Colonial First State will head the newly-opened Australian office of a global boutique investment manager. Laird Abernethy has been appointed managing director of Australia and New Zealand for GQG Partners. He ...

Industry fund CIO resigns

KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018

... said in a statement. He is the co-founder of Cuffelinks and served as the head of fund of hedge funds at Colonial First State Global Asset Management. "David has always championed retirement outcomes, notably helping the fund collaborate with the industry ...

Aussie funds among the world's largest asset owners

KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018

... Nominees came in at 76th with nearly $104 billion; BT Funds Management is in 87th spot with about $93 billion; Colonial First State Investments ranked 96th with about $84 billion; and AMP Superannuation rounded out the list with about $80 billion. WTW ...

MetLife welcomes new group product head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018

... good fit for MetLife," MetLife said. Prior to Swiss Re, Mulheron served in various roles at CommInsure and Colonial First State. MetLife said Mulheron will work closely with partners and clients to deliver innovative, sustainable and customer oriented ...

Former UBS multi-asset expert joins boutique

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018

... Investment Committee. Prior to UBS, McNaughton was an investment specialist of fixed interest, credit and cast at Colonial First State Global Asset Management for four years. She was fixed income specialist at Scottish investment management firm Baillie ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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