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Three retirement products achieve double-digit returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... product holds the largest savings of $54.3 billion managed on behalf of 123,830 members. Colonial First State's FirstChoice Wholesale Pension is the second largest in asset size with $40.7 billion and 154,850 members. Analysing the top 50 personal ...

CBA sets aside $52m for remediation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... related to investments in cash and deposit options in the Colonial First State First Choice Superannuation Trust (FirstChoice Fund) and Commonwealth Essential Super and later expanded to join Avanteos Investments (AIL) as a party in respect of claims ...

HUB24, Netwealth projected to overtake Insignia: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... aligned financial advisers, according to Rainmaker Information's June Financial Adviser report. The Colonial First State FirstChoice platform has the highest number of financial advisers who are aligned, at 13.1%, followed by BT Panorama (12.2%) and ...

One third of advisers use 'Big 3' platforms: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
FirstChoice, BT Panorama and Insignia Financial's Expand are the most widely used platforms among financial advisers, according to Rainmaker Information, which shows that one third of the industry rely on the 'Big 3'. Colonial First States ...

Vanguard, CFS deliver strong FY25 returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... MySuper Lifestage options delivered above 11% p.a. while the results for other life stages are being finalised. The FirstChoice Employer Super growth fund (MySuper Lifestage 1975-79) delivered 12.8% p.a. while the FirstChoice Employer Super balanced ...

APRA dissects retirement products for the first time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... product holds the largest savings of $54.3 billion managed on behalf of 123,830 members. Colonial First State's FirstChoice Wholesale Pension is the second largest in asset size with $40.7 billion and 154,850 members. The Aware Super Retirement Income ...

Industry funds feast, retail funds snack, corporate funds freefall

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... best-performing default investment options were Colonial First State's Essential Super Employer - Lifestage (1980-1984) and FirstChoice Employer - FirstChoice Lifestage (1980-1984), each delivering a 7.4% return, according to Rainmaker Information. Next ...

CFS awards global equities mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... fund manager. US fund manager Brown Advisory has won the mandate to oversee the global equities strategy available on FirstChoice, debuting on May 24. The option - Ironbark Brown Advisory Global Share Fund - is brought to investors in collaboration with ...

CFS allots Martin Currie two mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... mandate but said in a note to investors that it made the replacements with "the aim of improving investor outcomes". The FirstChoice Wholesale Investments, Wholesale Personal Super and Pension, Employer Super and Investments products offer the options. ...

Paying more fees doesn't speed up superannuation death benefit payouts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... fees. Of the superannuation trustees ASIC examined, the two fastest, Avanteos, the trustee of Colonial First State's FirstChoice Employer Super MySuper and Essential Super MySuper, and UniSuper, charged comparatively low administration fees of $70 and ...