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Best default super funds revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... quiet rollout of a pension product. Close behind, Essential Super's Employer - Lifestage 1980-1984 option, managed by Colonial First State (CFS) for its investment schemes, saw a return of 11.5%. Notably, CFS' FirstChoice Employer lifecycle product ...

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
Colonial First State (CFS) has scored a wealth platform and managed accounts mandate with a large financial advice firm. Viridian Advisory, which has $7 billion in funds under administration, will use CFS Edge. Having officially launched in August ...

New CFS platform at the cutting Edge: Quirk

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
After several months' delay, Colonial First State's much-anticipated Edge 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 ...

Colonial First State chalks up strong super returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
Colonial First State (CFS) has recorded double-digit returns across several of its default superannuation products for FY23. The CFS FirstChoice Employer Super growth fund (Lifestage 1975-1979) delivered a 12.2% return. The CFS FirstChoice Employer ...

CFS settles super fees class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
Colonial First State will pay $100 million to settle a class action over fees that were illegally charged to members to pay commissions to financial advisers. The action related to members of CFS FirstChoice and conduct carried out between July 2013 ...

BT names distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
... development, and regulatory and technical education events. Brown succeeds Chris Mather, who spent about 15 years at BT, to join Colonial First State. During his tenure, he led platforms distribution and institutional sales. Rainmaker research shows ...

Boutique appoints head of distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... Capital as distribution director. Innova is a provider of managed portfolios, including through a recent partnership with Colonial First State's FirstChoice. Its solutions are also available on BT Wrap, Netwealth and HUB24.

Equity Trustees, OnePath dominate choice heatmap failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... significantly underperformed. They are operated by trustees AUSCOAL Superannuation (Mine Super), Avanteos Investments (Colonial First State FirstChoice Super), AvSuper, Nulis Nominees (MLC Super), BT Funds Management (Retirement Wrap), EISS Super, Perpetual ...

Super, advice class actions dampen CBA results

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... from the Hayne Royal Commission, as it looks to tackle several class actions in 2023. One ongoing lawsuit alleges that Colonial First State Investments Limited (CFSIL) kept members from the CFS FirstChoice Fund and Commonwealth Essential Super invested ...
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