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Fitzpatricks names head of product

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... spent a total of 21 years at CFS working in senior roles, including product development and product management for the FirstChoice platform. Chapple also spent four years at Accenture as a senior manager. Chapple will report to Fitzpatricks chief financial ...

CFS Edge, North enhance platform capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... bringing the total number of MAs on the platform to more than 170 with over $16 billion invested across the Edge and FirstChoice platforms, CFS said. Meanwhile, the Accelerate Series menu now includes new portfolios from CFS Investments and Innova Asset ...

Cost to maintain comfortable retirement increases

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... year, with some funds recording nearly 12%, including Colonial First State which achieved a whopping 13.8% for its FirstChoice Employer Super balanced option. The growth also supercharged the super balance in Australia last year, where most Australians ...

CFS delivers 16.6% returns for growth members

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... Colonial First State (CFS) announced impressive returns for its balanced and growth equivalent funds throughout 2024. The FirstChoice Employer Super balanced option returned 13.8% in 2024, while the FirstChoice Employer Super growth option delivered ...

Colonial First State completes group insurance review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... its mandate with AIA. Under the renewed agreement, AIA will continue to provide insurance cover for the 200,000 CFS FirstChoice Employer Super, Essential Super, and FirstChoice Wholesale Personal members. AIA has served as group insurer since it took ...

CFS awards equity, infrastructure mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... and infrastructure strategies. ClearBridge Investments is now sub-advising a listed infrastructure mandate on the FirstChoice platform. ClearBridge declined to disclose the size of the mandate. The CFS fund mirrors the ClearBridge RARE Infrastructure ...

CFS expands managed accounts offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... Edge. This takes the total number of managed accounts to more than 150. Some $14 billion is housed across the Edge and FirstChoice platforms. CFS also expanded the Accelerate Series menu with the addition of new portfolio managers AZ Sestante, InvestSense ...

CFS, Viridian Advisory launch low-cost advice deal

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... have teamed up to offer a low-cost version of financial advice that starts at $500. The arrangement, available to CFS FirstChoice superannuation, pension, and investment clients, enables those who do not have a financial adviser to access advice from ...

Retail super funds spend big on advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... Macquarie's Superannuation Plan at $213.5 million. The HUB24 Super Fund came third ($172.8m), then the Colonial First State FirstChoice Superannuation Trust ($150.4m), Netwealth's Superannuation Master Fund ($145.5m), and Avanteos' Superannuation ...

CFS unveils fund manager, fee changes to FirstChoice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... Colonial First State (CFS) is introducing a bunch of fund manager, asset allocation, and fee changes to two of its FirstChoice products from November 16. For FirstChoice Employer Super, Platypus Australian Equities will take over as investment manager ...