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Retail super fund scores best customer service nod

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
A retail superannuation fund has taken the top spot in a comprehensive member satisfaction and experience survey, bumping off AustralianSuper from the top. Colonial First State has regained the top spot in the Forrester Research's 2020 Australia ...

CFS partnership to sustain advice industry

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
Colonial First State has entered into a partnership with graduate coaching provider Striver in order to drive graduates into the financial advice industry. The partnership will see CFS assisting university graduates with support through education, mentoring ...

CFS super distribution lead joins Allianz Retire+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
The head of superannuation distribution at Colonial First State has commenced in a new role, leading a newly created institutional partnership strategy at the retirement specialist. Fintan Thornton has been appointed head of institutional solutions ...

Adviser jailed over $2m Ponzi scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
A former financial adviser and licensee director has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment for misappropriating close to $2 million for his own use. Graeme Walter Miller of Myocum, New South Wales was sentenced on July 31 after pleading guilty to ...

Aussies reevaluate retirement prospects

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
New research has revealed Australians are feeling significantly less confident about their retirement prospects, with many fearing they will have to work longer in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Surveying 1000 Australians in June, the CFS Retirement ...

Former CFSGAM chief joins Yarra Capital board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
The former chief executive of Colonial First State Global Asset Management has joined the Yarra Capital Management board as a non-executive director. Yarra Capital announced that Mark Lazberger has joined its board after running CFSGAM for 10 years ...

CFS drops fees on external fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
A UK systematic manager has dropped the fees on a managed futures fund for Australian investors distributed by Colonial First State. The Aspect Diversified Futures Fund (class A), which had $614 million in total assets at June end, was reduced from ...

Netwealth booms amid pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... still the biggest platform provider by FUA, with 18.2% market share. This is followed by other wealth giants AMP (16.8%), CFS (15.2%), and MLC (13.5%). Netwealth is the seventh largest platform provider in the market, with 3.6% market share.

Advisers switch platforms amid pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
New research has revealed Australia's financial advisers switched between various investment platforms in their search for better service and support in the wake of the Royal Commission and COVID-19 pandemic. Investment Trends' 2020 Planner Technology ...

Colonial First State cops licence conditions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
APRA has imposed licence conditions on Colonial First State Investments Limited to ensure super members' best interests are met, effective immediately. The regulator's decision follows an investigation into matters referred to it by the Royal ...