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Fintechs in the money, gain confidence

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... the three years since the census launched, the sector has evolved from being "fragmented" to one that is becoming a first choice for many businesses and consumers when selecting a financial service provider. She said fintechs generally expect the Royal ...

Retail super funds in hot water: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... CBA admitted to APRA in March 2014 it breached the SIS Act on 13,000 occasions after it was unable to determine if First Choice Personal Super members were transferred to a MySuper product before the deadline. Hodge said it was open to the Commissioner ...

Poor systems delay MySuper transitions: CFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... options ranged from 1.19% to 1.9%. Its group superannuation product charges a 2.01% fee, while the cash option in the First Choice pension product charges 1.14%. Elkins said the pension product is inclusive of a 60bps trailing commission that explains ...

Corporate governance LIC slashes fees, appoints portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... today. Accordingly, we have reached an agreement with the manager to lower the fee base to help ensure that AQF is the first choice for investors seeking index exposure," Whalan said. As above, Walsh and Company also appointed a dedicated portfolio manager ...

MySuper lifecycle funds lead the pack

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... accounts; ANZ Smart Choice Super grew by 100% in total assets and a net growth of 15% in member accounts; and CFS First Choice had a net increase of 46% in its total assets. Although the total number of MySuper products fell by 4% from 116 to 111 in ...

Praemium partners national advice firm

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... and highly reputable, and as recipients of Lonsec's inaugural SMA Platform of the Year, Praemium was our obvious first choice," Futuro managing director Paul Kelly said. Praemium commercial director Andrew Varlamos commented: "As their name suggests ...

CFS reveals retirement income strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Colonial First State (CFS) will make annuities available through its First Choice and First Wrap platforms later this year as part of a broader strategy to allow advisers to build retirement portfolios for clients. CFS general manager of retirement ...

HOSTPLUS named super fund of the year

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... self-managed superannuation fund administrator of the year, while Equip, OneAnswer Frontier and Colonial First State First Choice won awards for innovation. Winners in the employer super categories included First State Super, UniSuper and IOOF, while ...

Super returns lift to 11.1%

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... options) were Rio Tinto Super with 13.5%, IOOF ESP with 13.1%, Telstra Super with 12.8%, Equip Super with 12.4% and CFS First Choice with 12.2%. The top five Retirement super funds (by balanced options) were VISSF with 15.3%, Rio Tinto Super and UniSuper ...

Cash in on overseas asset offload

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... requirements, or shed their balance sheets of assets that need a lot of capital to be held against them, he said. Most banks' first choice will be to shrink their balance sheets, "which means they are going to have to sell a lot of assets over the next ...