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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 ...

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 ...