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Employers unaware of YFYS, stapling: Study

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... likely to be most impacted by 'stapling' within YFYS, typically do not actively engage with their fund, rate their fund lower across key [customer experience] metrics, and are more likely to switch funds in the next 12 months."

Vanguard cuts fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
... lesson to be learnt from the last 18 months, it is that uncertainty induced volatility is here to stay. For advisers, having lower cost, high quality fixed interest choices available in this environment is critical to ensure they can continue to harness ...

Failing Asgard super option to close

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... returned 8.06%. Fees are the exact same for the two at $573 annually. That said, the tool also shows several super funds with lower returns and higher fees over the same seven-year period that passed the performance test. Funds that failed were notified ...

Aussies confident about retirement spending: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
... investors are expecting total investment returns of 10.6% over the next five years, an increase from 8.9% last year but slightly lower than the global average of 11.3%. Schroders Australia chief executive Sam Hallinan said: "For many, the pandemic has ...

CFS adds to managed account offering

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... said the portfolios have been developed in response to feedback from advisers seeking quality investment solutions at a lower cost. "Through our new arrangements we're packaging up the best investment insights while at the same time helping clients save ...

Accumulation bubble ending: AFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... need to change as old people tend not to want life insurance, they want other types of insurance and younger people want lower value life insurances, so expect some real changes in that space." Inwood stressed the move to put services online is no longer ...

Higher premiums a problem, not a trend: AFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... now I'm seeing these sort of price rises'. It is a poor outcome." Clark referred to increased claims experience and lower interest rates as the biggest influences on higher premiums. "I think the intervention that APRA has made and the changes that ...

New super fund prepares for launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... self-managed about a self-managed super fund'." He added that Tomorrow Super offers many SMSF attributes but aims to do so at a lower cost. "We believe that by offering greater choice, transparency and control with a consumer-led and financial adviser ...

AMP reduces super fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
Members of AMP's super products will see savings across both administration and investment fees from October, with some set to make significant savings. As a result of consolidating its superannuation products from 11 to three, AMP's MySuper ...

Boutique launches active hybrid ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... Dunn said. "Hybrids offer some of the best yield in the fixed income market for a near-investment grade credit rating, with lower risk than investing in equities markets." Some of the hybrids include those from global banks including Bank of America ...