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Colonial First State reports 22.4% in super returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
Colonial First State's FirstChoice Lifestage returned an average of 22.4% after fees and tax in FY21. The returns are aggregate across FirstChoice's different lifestages, which have different asset allocations. The 1990-1984 lifestage returned ...

Adviser platform satisfaction slips

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... platform by overall satisfaction at 80% followed by HUB24 (78%). Rounding out the top five were BT Panorama (75%), CFS FirstChoice (73%), Macquarie Wrap (73%). "The challenging business conditions brought by the pandemic has undoubtedly put pressure ...

Retail funds blitz personal-balanced options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... personal-balanced category in Rainmaker's latest analysis of MySuper funds. Wholesale personal super product - FirstChoice Wholesale Multi-Index Growth - returned 23.7% per annum in the year to May 2021, beating the benchmark of 15.2% p.a. MLC MasterKey ...

Retail funds take out MySuper performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... by Essential Super Employer Lifestage 1980-84 (28.9%), industry fund Mine Super's aggressive option (28.5%) and FirstChoice Lifestage 1980-1984 (28%). Rainmaker Information research manager Pooja Antil said the performance echoed that of Australian ...

FirstChoice dominates platform market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
New research finds that Colonial's FirstChoice platform is the most popular among financial advisers across all states and territories. Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's March Financial Adviser Register reveals Colonial FirstChoice is the most-used ...

Adviser numbers at five-year low

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... The report also found that bank and institutionally aligned platforms are highly favoured among advisers. Colonial FirstChoice tops the chart, housing 10,072 advisers with an 11% market share. AMP Flexible Lifetime (6876), Perpetual WealthFocus (5992) ...

Colonial Super Retirement Fund rejigs managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... Sentier's Australian Small Companies. The two geared funds currently offered (CFS Wholesale Geared Share Fund and FirstChoice Wholesale Geared Global Share) will be replaced by First Sentier Australian Share and Multi-Manager Global Share respectively. ...

Colonial First State hires to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... for manager selection and portfolio construction for liquid alternative exposures. His primary portfolio will be the FirstChoice Alternatives. The hire takes CFS's investment team to 22. The business has $144 billion in total assets as at December en ...

HUB24, Netwealth top platform rankings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... incorporated electronic ID verification services to automate KYC checks and super withdrawals, while Praemium and CFS FirstChoice launched tools for advisers to electronically send documents to clients for digital acceptance," Choi said. "Improvements ...

Bad year for super funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... negative for the year, resulting in nearly 76% of the funds reporting negative net earnings. Colonial First State FirstChoice Superannuation Trust had the lowest net earnings for FY20 at about -$2.7 billion. About 36 funds posted negative net earnings ...