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Colonial First State upgrades managed accounts offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... structures on its FirstWrap platform, and confirmed earlier this year its plans to expand its offering to the FirstChoice platform which recently reached $80 billion in funds under management. CFS executive general manager Linda Elkins said FirstChoice's ...

CFS knuckles down on managed accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... platforms by the end of 2017. "We are in the process of introducing similar managed account capability on the FirstChoice platform which will come to market later in the year. We've certainly accelerated this offering on Wrap and we continue to invest ...

Advisers drive annuities growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... further broadened its range of retirement solutions with the addition of the Challenger CarePlus Annuity on the FirstChoice platform. Abernethy said a growing number of advisers are seeing the benefits of using annuities in combination with an account ...

CFS wins bid to host new SMA solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... to complement our investment offering," said CFS also recently added Challenger's CarePlus annuity to its FirstChoice platform, providing greater access to the retirement investment option to financial advisers.

CFS adds aged care annuity to FirstChoice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
Colonial First State has added Challenger's CarePlus annuity to the FirstChoice platform, giving a greater number of financial advisers access to the retirement investment option. General manager product and investments at Colonial First State, Peter ...

Colonial First State adds global equity capability

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
Colonial First State has added a global equity capability to its FirstChoice platform. The capability will be managed by T. Rowe Price, and will cover international developed, emerging and frontier equity markets. It uses the same investment insight ...

CFS to distribute Sanlam funds in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... High Growth Fund. All three have been given a 'Recommended' rating by Lonsec and are available on the CFS FirstChoice platform. They will be available on FirstWrap in June. SMSFs and direct investors also currently have access. "Sanlam's Managed Risk ...

Epoch funds get upgrade from Zenith

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... Shareholder Yield Funds were launched to retail investors in Australian in May 2008. It is available on the FirstChoice platform, as well as on the platforms of all the major banks and life insurers.

CFS awarded 'Best Platform Overall'

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... and 'Best Product Offering' in the recent Investment Trends December 2013 Platform Benchmarking Report CFS FirstChoice platform was awarded 'Best Master Trust' and 'Best Reporting Tools'. "Supporting advisers in growing their business and increasing ...

FirstChoice platform offers PIMCO bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Colonial First State FirstChoice platform has included PIMCO bonds to its investment options. The PIMCO offering is the first global bond investment option available on FirstChoice and it follows a strategy of seeking strong, consistent investment returns ...