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OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... them that we imagine ourselves as part of Europe or Britain? Clearly we do not. This is the same logic that Colonial First State, the wealth division of the Commonwealth Bank, uses in Asia: The "Colonial" disappears and the "First State" stays. It makes ...

Colonial First State awards $55m mandate

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
A Sydney boutique has won a $55 million mandate from Colonial First State. Eight Investment Partners (8IP) was given the nod to manage a small cap Australian equity portfolio for the wealth management group. The boutique was established in 2009 by Kerry ...

CORRECTION: AFA COO joins netwealth

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... MacDougall as chief financial officer and Mary Limperis as head of human resources. Both of them joined from the Colonial First State custom solutions executive team. CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Anderson has ...

CBA profit tops $9 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... wealth management profits declined by more than 17% to $650 million. Taking the biggest hit in profit was Colonial First State, dropping 50% to $92 million. CommInsure also dropped in profit by 15.5% to $316 million. CFS Global Asset Management returned ...

Magellan doubles profit, boosts FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... four of the country's top six aligned advice businesses. The inclusion of the Magellan Global fund on the Colonial First State, AMP and BT/Westpac platforms has also helped inflows, Douglass said. Refusing to make predictions about the future, Douglass ...

State Street boosts managed fund sales team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... years' business development experience in the financial services industry including roles at AMP Capital, Colonial First State and Credit Suisse Asset Management. She was most recently a key account manager at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Conner joins ...

Challenger annuities join CFS platforms

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... continues to make retirement income strategies more readily available, Challenger now has its annuities on Colonial First State's FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms. The move follows Colonial First State adding CommInsure annuities to the platforms ...

Former Challenger CEO joins Atrium

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... firm Cuffe has had since 2012. He has more than 25 years' industry experience and has held senior roles with Colonial First State Investments and Challenger Financial Services Group. In addition to his new role, Cuffe is also chair of UniSuper and not-for-profit ...

GFC recovery only tentative

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... commodity backdrop has been a real challenge for emerging markets." Head of economic and market research at Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Stephen Halmarick, said Australian investors were most likely cautious after being hit hard during ...

Power in super advertising

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... Challenger Annuities among others. Speaking at a recent executive roundtable hosted by Bravura Solutions, Colonial First State head of customer marketing Todd Stevenson, said a lot depends on the objective of the advertising - is it to acquire new customers ...