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Equity Trustees, OnePath dominate choice heatmap failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... underperformed. They are operated by trustees AUSCOAL Superannuation (Mine Super), Avanteos Investments (Colonial First State FirstChoice Super), AvSuper, Nulis Nominees (MLC Super), BT Funds Management (Retirement Wrap), EISS Super, Perpetual (WealthFocus ...

Super, advice class actions dampen CBA results

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... 2023. One ongoing lawsuit alleges that Colonial First State Investments Limited (CFSIL) kept members from the CFS FirstChoice Fund and Commonwealth Essential Super invested in in-house products. It also affected members in the FirstWrap Pooled Cash Account ...

Industry fund tops personal super tables

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
... predominantly from retail funds. Zurich SP - Zurich Managed Growth EF (0.6% p.a.), SSMPPS - Smartsave Balanced (1.5% p.a.) and FirstChoice WPS - FirstChoice Wholesale Diversified (1.9% p.a.) delivered the poorest returns. Over this period, Rainmaker ...

Super heatmap findings garner mixed responses

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... Products that received a significantly poor performance rating were EISS Super's MySuper option, Colonial First State FirstChoice Employer Super, BT Super MySuper, Westpac Group Plan MySuper, Commonwealth Essential Super and AMG MySuper. "MySuper ...

MySuper heatmap reveals sub-par products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
... significantly poor performance in relation to the benchmark. EISS Super's MySuper option, Colonial First State FirstChoice Employer Super, BT Super MySuper, Westpac Group Plan MySuper, Commonwealth Essential Super and AMG MySuper received a significantly ...

Colonial First State adds 17 new funds to FirstChoice platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
Colonial First State (CFS) has significantly expanded its FirstChoice menu, adding a range of ETF exposures, fixed interest, and sustainability strategies. Following the addition of the 17 new funds, the FirstChoice platform has reached the largest ...

Colonial First State partners with Bravura, Tech Mahindra

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
Colonial First State (CFS) is making significant changes to the FirstChoice platform, entering a strategic partnership with Bravura Solutions and Indian IT company Tech Mahindra. The partnership marks the next stage of its ongoing $430 million transformation ...

Insignia appoints product, insurance heads

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
... this, he spent several years in product management and development roles at CFS, focused primarily on growing the FirstChoice platform. Meanwhile, Kenneth Ghi joins the company as head of insurance, master trust and insurance. Ghi has more than 16 years ...

Performance test comms criticised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... last year have since merged or made plans to. The three that haven't are AMG Super, Colonial First State's FirstChoice and Commonwealth Bank Group Super.

Colonial First State settles super class action for $56.3m

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... Federal Court (Victoria), against Colonial First State Investments Limited, the trustee of the Colonial First State FirstChoice Superannuation Trust. The lead applicant bringing the claim, Lesley Coatman, was a street sweeper driver who retired with ...