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Retail funds deny relying on passive investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... investment strategies to keep MySuper product costs down, confirming they have a significant allocation to active managers. Colonial First State head of investment services Scott Tully said the FirstChoice Lifestage product uses both strategies. "We ...

Asteron appoints Queensland state manager

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Asteron Life has appointed a former manager from Colonial First State as Queensland state manager. Andrew Howse starts on his new role today and will be reporting to Asteron Life executive manager Mark Vilo. Howse will be responsible for the business' ...

CFS adds annuities to platforms

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Challenger and CommInsure annuities will soon be available on Colonial First State's retail platforms FirstChoice and FirstWrap. The annuity products will be added to the two platforms in mid-2015. It will be the first time an annuity product is made ...

Federation Alliance appoints acting CEO

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... tailored for AMP's SMSF administration clients. Prior to this, he was general manager, products and investment services at Colonial First State where he was responsible for managing and driving the development of Colonial First State's products (including ...

Damien Mu elected to FSC board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... national manager of insurance and claims services at Superpartners. He has also worked in the Retail Master Trust sector at Colonial and Norwich Union. FSC chairman Greg Cooper said of Mu's election: "With more than 17 years' experience in the Australian ...

Instos get serious about climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) - which represents big institutional investors such as AMP Capital, AustralianSuper, Colonial First State, BT Group, UniSuper, HESTA, Cbus and BlackRock - also wrote Tony Abbott an open letter calling for the Renewable ...

CFSGAM appoints Five Oceans founding member

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has expanded its Australian equities team with the appointment of a new portfolio manager. Kim Tracey joins CFSGAM from boutique international equities manager Five Oceans Asset Management, where ...

Lifeplan appoints national BDM

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... development manager, Victoria and Tasmania, with Lifeplan Funds Management. Prior to that, he was advice quality manager with Colonial First State and a senior financial planner with Commonwealth Financial Planning. Bird holds a diploma of Financial ...

Don't ditch the RET, instos tell Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... Group on Climate Change (IGCC), a body which represents big institutional investors such as AMP Capital, AustralianSuper, Colonial First State, BT Group, UniSuper, HESTA, Cbus and BlackRock. The letter, which appeared as a full-page advertisement in ...

HESTA CEO calls for carbon pricing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... institutional investors in signing the 2014 Investor Statement on Climate Change. Among the signatories were AustralianSuper, Colonial First State, BT, UniSuper and Catholic Super. Catholic Super chief executive Frank Pegan also addressed the summit ...