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Hostplus rejects anti-competitive behaviour claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... fund or their employer's default fund. We always encourage employees to consider their personal circumstances, including fees charged, performance versus other funds, the ease of consolidation, insurance coverage offered, and that super comparison ...

WAM Leaders, QV Equities to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... while providing a lower management expense ration as a result of the removal of duplication of expenses such as ASX listing fees, share registry fees, audit fees, compliance costs, and other public listed company costs, as well as a larger pool of assets ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... firms rely on widely accessible tools, such as Chat GPT, merely rebranding them as their innovations and imposing exorbitant fees for software that could be more economically sourced elsewhere. "No one has developed a purpose-built AI specifically for ...

Pendal shutters costly equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... over from Andrew Waddington. A fee comparison dated June 2021 showed that the fund charged a whopping 1.45% in management fees per annum - the highest among the other Pendal products. "The cash proceeds from this termination will be paid directly to ...

Government consults on options to improve performance test

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... by preventing trustees from restructuring products to evade the test, shifting members into untested products, or hiking fees to cross-subsidise products under scrutiny. Meanwhile, the super sector's diversity also means that some edge cases, such as ...

Unmet financial advice needs affect millions in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... further highlight the necessity to address the cost barrier, three in four unadvised with needs state tax-deductible advice fees would be a likely incentive to seek advice - increasing to 85% among potential adviser clients," Guiamatsia added. Meanwhile ...

Female fund managers boast 1.2% alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... assessment of 62 portfolio management teams led by women were able to achieve 0.89% in alpha annualised over five years net of fees as at December 2023. On an annual basis, this came out to be 1.2% per annum. "This is higher than the wider group of Australian ...

Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... big returns down the track," she said. "For instance, consolidating your superannuation so you stop paying multiple sets of fees can help you build a bigger nest egg for retirement. The task takes only a few minutes, but it can mean thousands or tens ...

InvestSMART launches investing platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... natural progression for the business was to create investment portfolios that are professional, transparent, offer competitive fees and designed to help Australians build long-term wealth." "The ability to white label InvestSMART's professionally managed ...

Alex Dunnin bids farewell to Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... make the most of the great work their funds do for them. "The work we did pioneering how fund performance, insurance and fees can be assessed, together with the work Rainmaker did opening up how we talk about ESG were career highlights. Just wait until ...