Australian Equities
Martin Littler - Head of Australian Equities - Core
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Martin is Head of Australian Equities – Core for Colonial First State Global Asset Management. Martin joined Commonwealth Investment Management (which merged with Colonial First State Global Asset Management in March 2002) in 1996 as Head of Equities. In this role he is responsible for all style-neutral Australian equity portfolios.
Martin has broad experience with other fund managers, including the State Authorities Superannuation Board of New South Wales and Mercury Asset Management. Martin has also had extensive experience as an engineer within the energy sector (coal, oil and gas).
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Australian Equities
Marcus Fanning – Head of Australian Equities, Growth
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Marcus is Head of Australian Equities, Growth within Colonial First State Global Asset Management. Marcus is responsible for the management of more than $22 billion in Australian Equities.
Marcus has over 15 years experience in the Australian equities markets. Marcus was most recently Managing Director, Head of Equity Capital Markets with Morgan Stanley, Sydney where he led the successful execution of a range of corporate actions, including Initial Public Offerings, rights issues, and the purchase and disposal of strategic holdings for a number of Australian and international companies. |
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Fixed Interest and Credit
Warren Bird – Co-head of Global Fixed Interest and Credit
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Warren is co-head of Global Fixed Interest and Credit, with joint responsibilities for the overall management of the Fixed Interest and Credit team and process. The 29-member Fixed Interest and Credit team manages more than $26 billion for Australian and international investors. It provides credit support for more than $65 billion in total cash, fixed interest and credit.
His principal focus is the implementation of strategy in Australian and global fixed interest funds, as well as for sector allocation strategies in the Colonial First State diversified fixed interest funds. He also oversees foreign exchange transactions and processes. Warren joined the business in February 1997 as Head of Fixed Interest for First State Fund Managers.
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Fixed Interest and Credit
Tony Adams- Co-head of Global Fixed Interest and Credit
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Tony is co-head of Global Fixed Interest and Credit, with joint responsibilities for the overall management of the Fixed Interest and Credit team and process. The 29-member Fixed Interest and Credit team manages more than $26 billion for Australian and international investors. It provides credit support for more than $65 billion in total cash, fixed interest and credit.
His principal focus is the management of the credit analysis and portfolio construction process, as it applies to all the fixed interest portfolios and mandates. He has direct charge of the credit focused portfolios, where the management of credit risk, as opposed to duration risk, is the main source of return. He has also played a significant role in the support and development of Colonial First State Global Asset Management’s Asian fixed interest and credit business. As part of his new role, Mr Adams will continue to directly manage the Global Credit Income Fund.
Tony has been with Colonial First State Global Asset Management for eight years.
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Fund of Hedge funds
David Bell - Head of Fund of Hedge Funds
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As Head of Fund of Hedge Funds at Colonial First State Global Asset Management, David is responsible for our fund of hedge funds business. His responsibilities include investment management of a range of hedge fund products, as well as managing our team of hedge fund investment analysts and portfolio managers. It is also David's role to represent the Fund of Hedge Funds team within the broader group, interacting with other Colonial First State business units.
David joined the business in February 1998 after completing the graduate recruitment program with Colonial First State.
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Global Emerging Markets
Angus Tulloch - Joint Managing Partner, Asia Pacific/Global Emerging Markets Equities Team
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Angus is Joint Managing Partner of the Asia Pacific/Global Emerging Markets equities team at First State Investments. Angus’ primary focus is stock selection and portfolio construction.
Angus has more than 30 years' experience in corporate planning and finance roles, joining Stewart Ivory (subsequently bought by First State Investments) in Scotland in 1988. It was here that he established an Asia Pacific/Global Emerging Markets capability, drawing on his three years' experience in Hong Kong as a regional analyst.
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Global Equities
Habib Subjally - Head of Global Equities
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Habib joined First State Investments in April 2006 to head the global equities business. He has responsibility of overseeing all Colonial First State Global Asset Management's global portfolios.
Habib has 20 years' industry experience and previously held roles as Head of Small and Mid Cap Research at Credit Suisse Europe and Head of Global Equities at INVESCO Asset Management.
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Global Listed Infrastructure Securities
Peter Meaney - Head of Global Listed Infrastructure Securities
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Peter joined Colonial First State Global Asset Management in January 2007 as Head of Global Infrastructure Securities. Peter has more than 10 years’ experience in the infrastructure and utilities sectors. Prior to joining Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Peter was a Director and Head of Infrastructure and Utilities research at Credit Suisse Equities (Australia). He received top rankings in a number of industry surveys and was involved in a number of company defining corporate transactions.
As a Vice President at Credit Suisse, Peter also gained experience in the Telecoms and Energy sectors. Prior to Credit Suisse, Peter was an analyst at Macquarie Equities when the infrastructure sector was in its infancy. Peter holds a Bachelor of Economics (Finance) from Macquarie University.
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Global Resources
David Whitten - Head of Global Resources
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David is our Head of Global Resources, a position he has held since April 1997. David's arrival at Colonial First State Global Asset Management signalled the company's first move into the global resources sector and the launch of wholesale and retail global resources funds.
A geologist by training, David first moved into the financial sector with GIO as a mining analyst before moving into a portfolio manager’s role.
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Infrastructure Investment - Property and Alternative Investments
Perry Clausen - Head of Infrastructure Investment, Australia
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Perry is our Head of Infrastructure Investment, Australia. Perry has overall responsibility for the Australian Infrastructure Investment funds and infrastructure mandates, with a primary focus on direct investment in and management of major infrastructure projects including airports, toll roads, water distribution, and pipelines. Perry was appointed Head of Infrastructure Investment, Australia in March 2007.
Perry was previously the Director of Infrastructure Investments for a A$12 billion industry superannuation fund and has more than 20 years’ investment and financial experience. Mr Clausen’s experience includes a six-year term as a Director and Investment Committee member of the trustee of the A$2 billion National Australia Bank Group Superannuation Fund.
In addition to his direct experience in executing transactions and overseeing the management of unlisted investments, Mr Clausen’s superannuation background will enhance the client-orientated focus of our business platform.
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Infrastructure Investment - Property and Alternative Investments
Danny Latham - Head of Infrastructure Investment, Europe
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Danny was appointed Head of Infrastructure Investment, Europe in November 2007. Danny has overall responsibility for the European infrastructure business, with a primary focus on origination, execution and management of infrastructure assets, portfolio management and client interface for the European Infrastructure fund and client mandates.
In his prior role he was a Director of RREEF Infrastructure based in London, where he was responsible for fundraising, deal origination and execution and sat on the investment committee for the European business.
Danny has over 13 years of direct infrastructure investment experience as a fiduciary including 3 years at RREEF Infrastructure, a Deutsche Bank Subsidiary, and was a founding member of the AMP Group’s infrastructure team in 1994.
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Infrastructure Investment - Property and Alternative Investments
Christine O’Reilly, Global Head of Asset Management
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Christine has overall responsibility for the management of assets within the Infrastructure Investment business, including management of the asset management team globally.
Prior to joining the team, Christine was Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Gasnet Australia Group, a top 200 ASX listed company which owned, maintained and developed gas transmission pipelines and related infrastructure. She also held a number of industry appointments including vice president of the Australian Pipeline Industry Association, Director, Vencorp (Victorian Energy Corporation), Director, Gas Industry Education Trust, and Director, Victrack.
Christine has more than 20 years of infrastructure and financial experience including an early involvement in the reform and establishment of the regulatory framework for the Australian gas industry, eight years with the investment bank, Centauras Corporate Advisory Services, and audit experience with Price Waterhouse where she qualified as a chartered accountant. She is currently a Director of Care Australia. Christine has a Bachelor of Business from the West Australian Institute of Technology. |
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Listed Property - Property and Alternative Investments
Darren Steinberg - Head of Listed Property and Colonial First State Property Management
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Darren is the Head of Listed Property and Colonial First State Property Management. These businesses have responsibility for approximately A$15 billion in funds and assets under management. In this dual role, Darren oversees the performance and strategic directions for all vehicles managed by these businesses. Appointed to his current role in November 2006, Darren overseas a team of more than 700 property and fund specialists in Australia and New Zealand.
Darren has a long and distinguished career in the property industry, and now leads one of Australia’s largest property management and listed property funds businesses. In 2002, he was Chief Executive Office – Shopping Centre Division with Stockland, and was responsible for the strategic direction and management of Stockland Shopping Centres nationally. He was also was a member of the Executive Committee which was responsible for the overall direction and management of the A$10 billion company.
Darren’s extensive experience in the property industry includes senior roles with Westfield, Lend Lease, Jones Lang Wooton and Baillieu Knight Frank.
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Listed Property Securities
John Snowden - Head of Property Securities
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John is our Head of Property Securities with overall responsibility for the strategic direction and performance of Colonial First State Global Asset Management’s Australian and global property securities funds.
John joined the business in February 2006. Prior to this, John worked at UBS Global Asset Management and was responsible for several specialist property security portfolios.
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Short term Investments
Tony Togher - Head of Short term Investments
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Tony, who began his career in financial markets in 1983, is our Head of Short-term Investments. He assumed responsibility for the management, development and implementation of strategies for all cash and cash enhanced mandates with Commonwealth Investment Management in 1988. Tony joined Colonial First State in March 2002 as a result of the merger with Commonwealth Investment Management.
In 2003, Tony was appointed as a Trustee Director of the Commonwealth Bank Officers Superannuation Corporation which currently controls assets in excess of A$6.5 billion of superannuation funds with more than 50,000 members. |
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Transactions and Capital Projects - Property and Alternative Investments
Damian Rigney – Head of Transactions and Capital Projects
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Damian presently holds a dual role, as the Head of the Transactions and Capital Projects team and Acting Head of Private Equity of the Property and Alternative Investments division of Colonial First State Global Asset Management. The Transactions and Capital Projects team is responsible for origination and execution of all transactions across the Property and Alternative Investments business activities which include property, infrastructure and private equity.
Damian joined the business in November 2005. Prior to this, Damian held investment banking roles with Gresham Partners and ING Barings, and the accounting firm Ernst & Young.
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