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CFS fund celebrates 5-year anniversary with aplomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
The Colonial First State Wholesale Equity Income Fund has marked its five-year anniversary with strong performance figures. Since its launch at the height of the financial crisis in 2008, the strategy has had significantly lower volatility than the ...

Bissaker to head up Virgin Money

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
Former Colonial First State (CFS) chief executive Brian Bissaker has been appointed head of Virgin Money Australia (VMA), after it was announced today that Bank of Queensland (BOQ) was to acquire the financial services arm of the Virgin Group. BOQ announced ...

Platforms press on in advice battleground

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... self-directed and off-platform investing, the lion's share of assets under advice will remain on-platform. Scott Durbin, Colonial First State (CFS) general manager, strategy, told Financial Standard that there appeared to be a disproportionate amount ...

CFS FirstWrap enhances corporate actions feature

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
Colonial First State (CFS) will be adding new functionality features to its FirstWrap platform in May. The corporate actions capability will be enhanced to allow advisers to automatically handle how their clients respond to announcements such as rights ...

Admin costs rise four-fold off-platform: research

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... more compared with staying on-platform, research found. The report undertaken by Praxis Partners and commissioned by Colonial First State (CFS) looked at the costs and implications of advisers using either a platform or an off-platform solution to hold ...

CFSGAM appoints CIO, infra analyst

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has appointed Paul Griffiths to the newly created role of chief investment officer of Fixed Interest and Credit, effective July 1. Griffiths will be based in London and his appointment, as well as ...

CFS appoints new general manager

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
Colonial First State has appointed new general managers for roles previously held by Scott Durbin and Nicolette Rubinsztein. CFS has appointed Geoff Peck as its new general manager, marketing and distribution as part of a reshuffle in its upper management. ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... Awards and the new products to come out of insurance. The featured profile is Linda Elkins, executive general manager at Colonial First State. You can read them on your iPad by downloading Financial Standard iPadA(C) app free from the App store, for ...

FICAP Rockstars gear up for tonight's fundraising

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... McNaught Perpetual - Theresa Le Challenger - Nathan Buckley Representing FICAP's gold sponsors: AMP Capital - Jose Clauna Colonial First State - Nevin Ramos Count - Chris Mekhail Fidelity - Dinah Sutton Macquarie - Chris Brookman MLC - Kate Boyle Profusion ...

EM managers eye huge super fund opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... to make the emerging markets the most fiercely competed space in Australia. Top-performing funds run by the likes of Colonial First State, Aberdeen, JPM and Franklin Templeton - who's emerging market portfolios account for more than $50 billion in funds ...