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ASFA reshuffles board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
Towers Watson and Colonial First State executives have been appointed to the board of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Towers Watson managing director Andrew Boal has been appointed as a service provider representative and ...

Challenger annuities join CFS platforms

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
As the superannuation industry continues to make retirement income strategies more readily available, Challenger now has its annuities on Colonial First State's FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms. The move follows Colonial First State adding CommInsure ...

Acadian buys CFS stake, becomes independent

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
Global fund manager Acadian Asset Management has bought the 50% stake that Colonial First State (CFS) had in the firm's Australian division. After becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary, Acadian has appointed CFS as sole distributor of its investment strategies ...

Super lump sum myth debunked

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
Only 16.7% of superannuation assets are withdrawn as a lump sum when members hit retirement, recent analysis from Rice Warner shows. The actuarial firm analysed information from more than 10 million member records representing over $55 billion in assets ...

CFS adds annuities to platforms

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Challenger and CommInsure annuities will soon be available on Colonial First State's retail platforms FirstChoice and FirstWrap. The annuity products will be added to the two platforms in mid-2015. It will be the first time an annuity product is made ...

Platforms pushed by utility as well as technology

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
While rapid advances in technology is putting platforms under pressure to keep evolving, platform operators believe they need to not just add functionality but features that actually improve investor's connectivity and usefulness. Speaking at the "Riding ...

CFS awarded 'Best Platform Overall'

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
CFS FirstWrap platform was awarded 'Best Platform Overall', 'Best Navigation and User Interface' and 'Best Product Offering' in the recent Investment Trends December 2013 Platform Benchmarking Report CFS FirstChoice platform was awarded 'Best Master ...

CBA launches MySuper compliant product

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... dollars per month and 0.8% per annum," Chun said. Westpac's similar style product BT Super for Life was launched in 2007, but Elkin's said the CBA wanted to wait until the launch of its low-cost option. "We saw real value in waiting until the bank's ...

CFS appoints new general manager

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... general manager, marketing and distribution has taken over the role of general manager strategy at CFS and will also report to Elkin. This role was previously filled by Nicolette Rubinsztein. Rubinsztein has been seconded to work on "CFS' wealth strategy ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we publish our feature report on ethical investing, gathering the views from fund manager Australian Ethical and financial planning group Premium Wealth Management, to name just a couple of ESG investment ...