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Colonial First State debuts 'major wealth platform innovation'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
Colonial First State (CFS) has unveiled its new CFS Edge wrap platform, calling it the first major Australian wealth platform market innovation in the last decade. At a platform preview in Sydney last night, CFS chief executive, superannuation Kelly ...

Iress unveils Connectivity Network

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... client maintenance, as well as reporting by financial advisers, licensees, and their support teams. Colonial First State (CFS) and MetLife Australia have signed Memorandums of Understanding in which they agree to collaborate with Iress on the design ...

Colonial First State launches sustainable growth fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
Colonial First State (CFS) says its new sustainable growth fund has been designed to remove barriers to investing sustainably. The product, Thrive+, was developed after CFS commissioned a study of nearly 5000 Australians and found that of the respondents ...

ASIC appeals CFS, CBA decision

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... related to the Essential Super product, with ASIC alleging the two entities breached conflicted remuneration laws because CFS paid CBA to distribute it in branches and online. This went on between 2013 and 2019, with close to 400,000 customers signed ...

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 ...

Colonial First State introduces new platform

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
The wealth management group has launched CFS Elevate, a people and culture platform that aims to provide support for advice professionals across Australia. Designed in collaboration with financial advisers, CFS Elevate offers free training, networking ...

Court dismisses CBA, CFS conflicted remuneration case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
... Essential Super between July 2013 and June 2019. Under an agreement, CBA was entitled to 30% of the total net revenue derived by CFS from the product every financial year. In total, this amounted to about $22.7 million over nine payments. ASIC alleged ...

Insignia appoints product, insurance heads

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
... direction and driving business planning. Prior to 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 ...

Commonwealth Bank profit nears $10bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... by supply chain disruptions. In May 2020 the bank entered into an agreement to sell a 55% interest in Colonial First State (CFS) to KKR. The sale was completed last December and resulted in a post-tax gain of $840 million (net of transaction and separation ...

New chief investment officer at Colonial First State

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... sees the departure of Scott Tully. With nearly 30 years of global experience, having worked in Australia, the US, and the UK, CFS said Armitage has built a strong reputation as a leader in asset management and that "his appointment means CFS is well ...