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PGI fund placed on FirstChoice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... Principal Global Investors' flagship property securities fund has been included in Colonial First State's platform, FirstChoice. Grant Forster, chief executive for Principal Global Investors Australian said the Principal Property Securities Fund has ...

FirstChoice platform upgrade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
Colonial First State is supercharging its FirstChoice platform with the addition of a government guaranteed cash deposit product, four Realindex RAFI funds and an enhanced range of insurance service. The platform's new FirstRate Saver includes no ongoing ...

Retail fund fights back

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... Authority (APRA) and internal data showed industry funds had outperformed the average retail fund, but the Colonial FirstChoice - Growth fund actually tracked close to the industry fund average. APRA figures from 2006 showed the retail weighted average ...

CFS, ING and APN freeze access to $6bn in capital

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... with significant investments in mortgages. The funds affected are the Colonial First State Wholesale Income Fund, FirstChoice Wholesale Income option, FirstChoice Income option, Managed Investment Funds - Mortgage Income Fund, Bricks and Mortar Fund ...

CFS eyes fundamental indexing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... will include a set of Aussie small and large cap products, and international equity funds which will be available on FirstChoice. The product will be open to retail investors via financial advisers and the FirstChoice platform from November. CFS also ...

Schroders scores $100m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
Schroders has been awarded a $100 million Australian Smaller Companies mandate from the Colonial First State FirstChoice Investments team. David Wanis, portfolio manager for the strategy, said CFS was looking to refresh their manager line up and Schroders ...

Record fall in super fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... AustralianSuper was found to be the lowest cost DELUXE-choice fund with a TER of 0.79 per cent while Colonial First State - FirstChoice Wholesale Personal Super was found to be the lowest cost PREMIUM-choice fund with a TER of 0.96 per cent. Keevers ...

CFS takes infrastructure to the front line

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... tide seems to be turning as CFS now includes global infrastructure securities to several of its fund offerings. The FirstChoice Moderate option for instance, allocates three per cent of its portfolio to infrastructure, while the growth option invests ...

CFS FirstChoice expands investments options

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
Colonial First State's (CFS) FirstChoice bumps up its investment menu with eight 'defensive' investment options including infrastructure, income and 130/30. "This year, more defensive options have been added in response to a more volatile market including ...

Diversity pays in wealth management: CBA

... management business posted double-digit growth thanks to institutional cash mandates, investment returns and inflows into FirstChoice in the six months to December. The bank was not immune to the impact of the sub-prime asset crisis and revealed extra ...