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First Sentier Investors chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... capacity in 2018 when Mark Lazberger departed after 10 years in the role. The business was still known as Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) then but was later rebranded to First Sentier Investors following its acquisition by Mitsubishi ...

APRA dissects retirement products for the first time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
More than 200 retirement products managing $490 billion in members' retirement savings have come under the watchful eye of prudential regulator APRA for the first time. APRA's latest statistics for the March 2025 period breaks down the state ...

ESSSuper, UniSuper spearhead member satisfaction

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... made the top five performers and most improved. Showing the most improved year-in-year changer were Mercer, Colonial First State, AustralianSuper, MLC, and Australian Ethical. Overall, member satisfaction rose from 66% to 68%, with retail funds closing ...

‍Padua recruits tech professional

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... divisions. Diamantes has almost two decades of experience in financial services and product and joins Padua from Colonial First State, where he managed IT regulatory obligations. Before that, he was general manager of policy and policy & regulation at ...

Ascalon hires from SCM, Zenith and GQG

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... served as head of strategic accounts and IFAs at NAB Wealth and insurance lead at MLC. He also worked at Colonial First State as head of platform distribution. Hawke, who will now oversee portfolio construction, execution and client strategy, welcomed ...

MAX Awards honour best of the best

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... and Katelyn Hynes of Ptarmigan Media who was named Executive of the Year - Agency. Other winners included Colonial First State, Fidelity International, La Trobe Financial, and UniSuper. Commenting, Financial Standard executive director of media Michelle ...

Ord Minnett nabs UBS operating chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... January 2010 as chief operating officer, having previously served as head of wholesale administration for Colonial First State at Commonwealth Bank and in senior operations roles at Citibank and NCR. Ord Minnett, one of Australia's oldest stockbrokers ...

Awareness of options could boost advice access: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... proportion have little to no idea they can pay for it through their super. Based on a survey of 2250 Australians, Colonial First State's (CFS) Empowered Australian report, 92% of unadvised Australians don't know they can use their superannuation to pay ...

Industry funds feast, retail funds snack, corporate funds freefall

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... $57.6 billion. Separately, over the year to March 31, the best-performing default investment options were Colonial First State's Essential Super Employer - Lifestage (1980-1984) and FirstChoice Employer - FirstChoice Lifestage (1980-1984), each delivering ...

CFS awards global equities mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) has awarded a global equities mandate to a US$160 billion fund manager. US fund manager Brown Advisory has won the mandate to oversee the global equities strategy available on FirstChoice, debuting on May 24. The option - ...