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AMP all aboard CFS, Navigator and Macq platforms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
AMP Capital Investors' Capital Asian Equity Growth and Corporate Bond Fund have been added to a number of Colonial First State, Navigator and Macquarie platforms. The AMP Capital Asian Equity Growth Fund has been added to Colonial First State FirstWrap ...

CFS integrates advice businesses

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has combined five of the firm's financial planning arms under one umbrella, Colonial First State Advice Business - a move that simplifies the firm's advice structure. The new division includes Commonwealth Financial Planning ...

CFS saves $4m in prod costs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Colonial First State is expected to save more than $4 million in production, distribution and power costs after switching to electronic documentation to correspond with clients and investors. The Planet Ark pilot program, PaperCutz 4 Planet Ark, has ...

CFS GAM hires short-term cash manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Colonial First State Global Asset Management hired former AMP Capital Investors senior portfolio manager, Martin Ross as portfolio manager in the short-term investments team. Ross previously worked as a senior portfolio manager - macro markets - fixed ...

Cbus CEO wins UN PRI board seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... UN PRI signatories including AustralianSuper, AMP Capital Investors, QIC, and Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM). "Given that we have such a large number of signatories it is appropriate for us to be represented on the decision making ...

CFS GAM appoints regional MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... at Russell Investments, in the newly created role of regional managing director, Australia & New Zealand. Prior to joining CFS GAM, Davison was at Russell Investments where she headed the institutional client service team. She is also the chair of the ...

Crisis curbs Cuffe charity fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
The Third Link Growth fund, launched last year by former CFS chief executive Chris Cuffe, only attracted $28 million in funds, well below Cuffe's $150 million target and despite the fund's outperformance. One year on, the fund lost more than 13 per ...

Instos win $5.5m in sustainable grants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... responsible entity for the ING Office fund. Darren Steinberg, head of property at Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM), said applying for the government's grants is in line with the firm's responsibilities as a signatory to the United ...

VicSuper seeds $150m low carb fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... fund's initiative follows the launch of the second UN PRI progress report from Colonial First State Global Asset Management. CFS GAM is taking the implementation of ESG principles mainstream as it hopes to get the UN PRI tick across all the asset classes ...

UniSuper hires former CFS chief as CIO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... chief investment officer, following the departure of its long-standing CIO, David St. John. Pearce, who previously headed CFS Investment Management as chief executive and general manager of investments between 2000 and 2006, has more than 25 years experiences ...