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Medium-sized advice firms flourish: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
... Picture Wealth are the AFSLs that took in the highest number of new advisers. In terms of most-popular platforms, FirstChoice, BT Panorama, and IOOF are the most widely used. The top three platforms are used by almost one third of all advisers.

CFS reviews Ironbark mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... Concentrated Global Share Fund and Ironbark Royal London Core Global Share Fund. The two funds are available on the CFS FirstChoice and CFS Edge platforms. Both funds are managed by RLAM under a sub-delegation arrangement with Ironbark, meaning that ...

CFS, Bravura, Elemnta team up to enhance FirstChoice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024
Colonial First State (CFS) has introduced a new functionality on the former's FirstChoice platform that enables advisers to "utilise existing client data via seamless integration with Midwinter AdviceOS." Developed in collaboration with Elemnta, this ...

Colonial First State reports strong super returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... Colonial First State (CFS) has posted double digit returns for its MySuper balanced and growth funds during FY24. CFS's FirstChoice Employer Super balanced fund (MySuper Lifestage 1965-69) achieved a 12.1% return, while its FirstChoice Employer Super ...

Seven fund managers scoop up First Sentier mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... Leaders option will be known as Investors Mutual Future Leaders, while the First Sentier Developing Companies (via FirstChoice) option will become the Longwave Australian Small Companies option. CFS said it expects to finalise the confirmation of the ...

Best default super funds revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... option, managed by Colonial First State (CFS) for its investment schemes, saw a return of 11.5%. Notably, CFS' FirstChoice Employer lifecycle product matched this return over the same timeframe. Continuing the pattern of retail fund supremacy in ...

Vanguard Super hits $1bn, soft launches pension product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... default Lifecycle options, returning 14.7% for the 12 months to December end. In doing so, it beat out the likes of FirstChoice, Mine Super, and TelstraSuper; the median return for default Lifecycle options over the year was 11.4%. About 65% of Vanguard ...

Colonial First State enhances FirstChoice with Elemnta

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
Colonial First State (CFS) rolled out a major enhancement to FirstChoice, reducing set-up time for new and existing accounts by up to 80%. CFS has worked with Elemnta to allow advisers to use existing client data via an integration with Xplan, reducing ...

Wealth firm awards CFS Edge mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
... will use CFS Edge. Having officially launched in August, Edge is the third platform CFS has on offer, together with FirstChoice and FirstWrap. CFS group executive Bryce Quirk said "the new relationship with Viridian cements CFS Edge as a platform of ...

New CFS platform at the cutting Edge: Quirk

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... platform has launched, with CFS distribution lead Bryce Quirk saying it's expected the new offering will fare as well as FirstChoice. Developed in collaboration with FNZ, CFS Edge aims to enable digital adviser workflows, advanced data analytics, an ...