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CFS Enhanced Index
Simpler than active. Smarter than passive.
Want more than a traditional index solution?
CFS Enhanced Index leverages complementary investment strategies to intelligently track the market and manage risk. Representing the next evolution in index investing, it adapts to evolving opportunities to help you achieve a wide range of client goals.
Harness the power of systematic investing
This series takes an intelligent approach to investing by blending the efficiency of index investing with the insights of active management and the discipline of data-driven strategies to help you position clients for new opportunities with confidence.
Discover the smart thinking behind CFS Enhanced Index in our latest video, featuring Head of Investments Al Clark and Assistant Portfolio Manager Ernest Kwok.
How does it work?
Passive investing offers simplicity, but it can often leave portfolios exposed to market swings, without any mechanism to manage risk.
CFS Enhanced Index improves on the broad diversification and cost-efficiency of passive investing by harnessing the return-seeking potential of systematic and low-risk active approaches. This method aims to outperform the market average and keep costs low.
Proven track record
CFS Enhanced Index is a well-established and evolving part of the CFS offering, backed by a strong track record and more than $11 billion in funds under management as at (December 2025).
The series has earned recognition in leading industry ratings, such as Chant West and SuperRatings. Over 1, 3 and 5-year periods, the majority of CFS Enhanced Index options have generated top-quartile performance, demonstrating resilience and consistency across market cycles.
Your core, reimagined
With dynamic asset allocation across six risk profiles, the series is designed to support a wide range of client goals.
A one-stop ‘core-satellite’ solution
The portfolio outcomes of CFS Enhanced Index are like that of a core-satellite approach. That is, it’s low cost, active where it makes sense, and has low tracking error.
Core of a more adventurous portfolio
It can act as a core holding in diversified portfolios, paired with higher-tracking error specialist strategies, alternative assets and uncorrelated strategies.
Flexible for evolving client needs
It offers adaptability across different market conditions and risk profiles, helping you tailor strategies as client goals change. This ensures portfolios remain aligned with evolving objectives.
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Why invest with CFS?
The CFS Investments team is highly skilled in constructing and managing a range of multi-asset options, including enhanced index strategies.
When you invest with CFS, you’re tapping into the knowledge and expertise of a proven, well-regarded team that has successfully navigated various market fluctuations for three decades, from the tech wreck to the GFC and Covid.
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Avanteos Investments Limited ABN 20 096 259 979, AFSL 245531 (AIL) is the trustee of the Colonial First State FirstChoice Superannuation Trust ABN 26 458 298 557 and issuer of FirstChoice range of super and pension products. Colonial First State Investments Limited ABN 98 002 348 352, AFSL 232468 (CFSIL) is the responsible entity and issuer of products made available under FirstChoice Investments and FirstChoice Wholesale Investments.
Information on this webpage is provided by AIL and CFSIL. It may include general advice but does not consider your individual objectives, financial situation, needs or tax circumstances. You can find the target market determinations (TMD) for our financial products at https://www.cfs.com.au/tmd which include a description of who a financial product might suit. You should read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Financial Services Guide (FSG) carefully, assess whether the information is appropriate for you, and consider talking to a financial adviser before making an investment decision. You can get the PDS and FSG at www.cfs.com.au or by calling us on 13 13 36.