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Colonial First State adds global equity capability

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
Colonial First State has added a global equity capability to its FirstChoice platform. The capability will be managed by T. Rowe Price, and will cover international developed, emerging and frontier equity markets. It uses the same investment insight ...

Adviser commitment to tech relationships falling

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... capturing new planner relationships, with 10% of planners choosing HUB24 as their main platform in the last two years. CFS FirstChoice and BTWrap lead by share of primary relationships, with each used by 16% of financial planners as their preferred platform ...

CFS launches Millennial-targeted super option

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... First State has introduced a new superannuation investment option targeted at members born from 2000 to 2004. The FirstChoice Lifestage 2000-2004 option has a 90% allocation towards growth assets, which can be tailored as a member advances through life ...

Divestment integral for better returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... $3,024 per member, on investments in fossil fuel companies since the start of 2014. The research revealed that Colonial FirstChoice Superannuation Trust led the losses with an estimated impact on return of -2.59%, followed closely by MLC MySuper at -2.34% ...

CFS upgrades FirstChoice and FirstWrap

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... directly to adviser feedback: "We spend a lot of time listening to what advisers need and then we work to deliver it." FirstChoice has improved its pension payment reset facility, including new adviser self-service screens, updated insight screens, new ...

Annuity sales growth drive up Challenger 1H16 profit

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... period, the first partnership was Colonial First State in August, which introduced Challenger's annuity products on its FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms. Local Government Super, Caresuper and legalsuper followed suit in October.

CBA result boosted by wealth division

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... particular China, experiencing net outflows. Average funds under administration (FUA) increased 6% to $133 billion. The FirstChoice and Custom Solutions platforms experienced solid growth in average FUA of 7% and 15% respectively. Income from the CommInsure ...

Lifecycle funds startlingly varied

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... not-for-profit (NFP) segment. The largest of the retail offerings are BT Super For Life Mysuper, Mercer SmartPath and CFS FirstChoice Super. The largest NFP versions are provided by First State Super, QSuper and Sunsuper. Looking deeper, Rainmaker found ...

Colonial First State appoints new alternatives manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
Colonial First State (CFS) has appointed an additional alternatives manager for its FirstChoice multi-sector portfolios following a 2015 mid-year review. GAM will now be responsible for 50% of the FirstChoice defensive alternatives portfolio with incumbent ...

Bennelong appoints distribution director from CFS

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... joins Bennelong from Colonial First State where he held alliance fund management roles and oversaw distribution of FirstChoice multi-manager products. Prior to that, he was an institutional business development manager at Select Asset Management. At ...