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To invest in a diversified portfolio of property securities. The investments are managed by a number of leading global property securities managers, which is designed to deliver more consistent returns with less risk than would be achieved if investing with a single investment manager. The portfolio aims to hedge currency risk.
Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Jonathan Armitage | - | 2022 | Now |
Biography | "Jonathan is a highly regarded investments executive with nearly 30 years of global experience, having worked in Australia, the United Kingdom and United States. He has a strong reputation as a leader in asset management. Most recently Jonathan was the Chief Investment Officer and General Manager of Asset Management at MLC. His responsibilities included managing multi-asset diversified funds, fixed income, private equity and alternative capabilities. He joined MLC in August 2011 as Head of Global Equities, before becoming Head of Equities in December 2011 and being appointed Chief Investment Officer in March 2013. Prior to MLC, Jonathan spent 20 years at Schroders, where he held roles including Head of US Equities and Deputy Head of Global Equities. As Chief Investment Officer, Jonathan will lead the Investments Team to expand our investment capabilities and bring a dynamic and agile approach to anticipating emerging issues and market opportunities." | ||
Leroy Qian | - | 2021 | Now |
Biography | "Leroy joined the Colonial First State Investments Team in October 2013. Leroy is an Investment Manager responsible for undertaking research and providing advice in relation to manager selection and portfolio management of the FirstChoice Property and Infrastructure Securities portfolios. Leroy joined the Graduate program of the Commonwealth Bank Group in February 2012 and spent time across Technical Services, Strategy and Fund Services. Leroy holds a Bachelor of Actuarial Studies with first class honours degree in Economics from Macquarie University. He completed his Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) in November 2016. Leroy is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese." | ||
Ben Lam | - | 2019 | Now |
Biography | "Ben joined the Colonial First State FirstChoice Investments team in May 2016. Primarily, Ben has responsibility for undertaking research and providing advice in relation to manager selection and portfolio management of the FirstChoice Australian Share, Australian Small Companies, Australian Property Securities, Global Property Securities and Global Infrastructure Securities portfolios. Previously, Ben was a Senior Analyst in the Investment and Research Governance team at BT. From 2007 to 2015, Ben was a consultant and Manager researcher at Mercer Investments. In his role at Mercer, Ben had dual responsibilities as an investment consultant and member of the Real Estate boutique, as lead researcher for Australian Direct property, back-up researcher for REIT’s and consultant to clients on their property portfolios. Ben holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, majoring in Accounting & Finance from University of New South Wales. He also completed the Certified Investment Management Analyst Program in 2010" | ||
Peter Dymond | - | 2007 | 2023 |
Biography | Peter Dymond joined the Colonial First State FirstChoice Investments Team in March 2002 following the merger of Colonial First State and Commonwealth Investment Management. His current role as Senior Investment Manager has responsibility for the provision of advice and selection and ongoing monitoring of external fund managers for FirstChoice. Peter also has responsibility for ensuring that the research process is maintained and focussed. From May 2001 until March 2002, Peter was employed by Commonwealth Investment Management in the position of Portfolio Manager, Implemented Advice. Peter moved into this role from Commonwealth Financial Services, where he was the Head of the Superannuation and Retirement Income Product Management teams since 1999. This role included responsibility for a range of multi manager funds. Prior to joining the Commonwealth Group in 1997, Peter gained extensive experience in the management and distribution of retail and corporate financial products through Product Management, Marketing, Technical, Customer Service and Administrative roles with GIO (two years), Connelly Temple (two years) and National Mutual (five years). | ||
Scott Tully | - | 2007 | 2022 |
Biography | Scott joined Colonial First State in March 2002 following the merger of Colonial First State and Commonwealth Investment Management. He is head of the FirstChoice Investments team, responsible for managing Colonial First State’s range of FirstChoice multi manager, multi-index and lifestage portfolios. The FirstChoice portfolios have total funds under management in excess of $30 billion (at June 2014). Having spent three years with William M Mercer in the field of Superannuation Consulting, Scott joined State Bank of NSW in 1992 as an Actuarial Analyst and subsequently had a variety of roles in credit, market risk and financial markets. After the Commonwealth Bank acquired Colonial (and its subsidiary Colonial State Bank) in 2000, Scott was appointed Vice President, Strategic Planning working directly for the Head of Institutional Banking. In 2001, he joined Commonwealth Investment Management in the role of Portfolio Manager, Implemented Advice, providing investment advice to the Group’s life companies as well as developing the investment options underpinning the FirstChoice platform. | ||
Jujhar Toki | - | 2015 | 2019 |
Biography | "Jujhar joined the Colonial First State Investments Team in June 2014. Jujhar is the Senior Investment Manager for Colonial First State’s diversified portfolios which include FirstChoice Multi-Sector Multi-Manager; Colonial First State Enhanced Index, Commonwealth Essential Super Balanced; and CFS Index Multi-Sector portfolios. Jujhar was previously the lead Portfolio Manager for the Real Asset (both listed and direct) portfolios including CFS Direct Infrastructure, CFS Direct Property, FirstChoice Australian Property Securities, FirstChoice Global Property Securities and FirstChoice Global Listed Infrastructure. Jujhar was also previously an Executive Manager – Senior Investment Analyst at CommInsure. In his previous role he was responsible for determining strategic asset allocations, dynamic asset allocation, multi manager portfolio design and construction and manager research, analysis and selection for the Insurance businesses of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). Prior to this Jujhar has worked at Mercer and Asteron Life. Jujhar holds a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Actuarial & Finance from the University of New South Wales, and is a CAIA charter holder." | ||
Guneet Rana | - | 2012 | 2016 |
Biography | "As Director of Colonial First State’s Responsible Investment team, Guneet is responsible for the development and implementation of the Responsible Investment Strategy. Guneet previously served as a Senior Investment Manager for Colonial First State’s Alternatives portfolio, where she undertook manager research, worked on portfolio construction, and also contributed to research across a range of other asset classes. Prior to working with Colonial First State, Guneet was a senior investment manager at ipac, Australia – a role that involved asset class research and portfolio management. She was also previously involved in setting up AXA multi-manager portfolios for the Mandatory Provident Fund market in Hong Kong. Guneet has a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from FINISIA. She also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management and an Economic Honours degree from the University of Delhi, India." |
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