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Super fund fees exploit Australians' low financial literacy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... switching to a lower-fee fund. Analysis by the Productivity Commission has shown that a lower-cost superannuation fund could save a typical full-time worker around 12% of their super balance - or $100,000 - by retirement.

Nest plans retirement income play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
Nest, the UK's largest defined contribution workplace pension scheme by members, will work with WTW and Hymans Robertson to develop a retirement offering. It's estimated that in the coming years one in three UK workers will have pension savings with ...

'Alarming' figure in retirement research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
Only a third (32%) of Australians believe they would be able to save for their retirement without compulsory superannuation, according to a new survey from AustralianSuper. A third of Millennials (33%) and Gen X'ers (32%), as well as nearly one-in-five ...

Vision Super refreshes premium rates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
Vision Super is reducing premiums for a range of insurance products for its Super Saver, Personal, and Australian Services Union members. Vision Super and insurance partner MLC will decrease premiums for death, total and permanent incapacity (TPD) ...

Nudging pre-retirees has 'little effect'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... decisions." However, while the concept of nudging is being encouraged in Australia, Choi's research found those who love to save - or engage with their savings - will do so without prompting and nudging does little to encourage those with weaker moti ...

E&P Financial Group seeks to delist

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... strategic opportunities and corporate transactions following the proposed delisting," the board said. Delisting is set to save the company $2.5 million annually. Regarding the public inquiry into the failures of Dixon Advisory announced last week, the ...

Advisers reveal hurdles preventing SMA adoption

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of model portfolios EMEA and APAC Kathleen Gallagher revealed the main concerns financial advisers have with employing managed accounts in their business, at the 2024 Financial Standard Managed Accounts Forum. ...

MLC Super to slash admin fees for members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
Most members will save about $100 per year after the reductions, while some will save as much as $375. MLC Super said the majority of members in its MLC MasterKey and Plum range will pay less in administration fees from October 1. MLC general manager ...

Robeco appoints APAC sales lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... roles and locations. Before that, he spent close to seven years at UBS Global Asset Management, and six years at Flemings Save and Prosper. At Fidelity, Hanson was replaced by Simon Glazier who was most recently leading Fidelity's local wholesale ...

Passive funds save $14.4bn in fees: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
The passive funds sector has saved investors $14.4 billion in fees for more than 25 years, according to a Vanguard analysis. While costs overall have decreased since 1998, Vanguard found the difference in management fees between active and index funds ...