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FINSIA's struggle to find scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... international perspective in a global financial services community, and we've seen at least a 25% reduction in their membership fees." Cox admits that having a broad membership base was, at times, difficult to balance, but said the partnership with ...

Australian Ethical aligns Christian Super members' cover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
Former members of Christian Super will see several changes to their insurance fees and cover come December 1, Australian Ethical announced. From 1 December 2025 automatic default death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover will move to a new ...

Morningstar calls out platform TDPs' use of rebates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... and cut costs," Morningstar said. "There were 158 APRA-regulated funds in June 2021; today, there are just 89. Meanwhile, fees have continued to trend downward."

ASIC bans another former Lighthouse Partners director

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... Lighthouse Partners director and financial adviser Timothy Archibald from providing financial services for 10 years, for fees for no service (FFNS) conduct. This comes after the regulator also banned Lighthouse director, shareholder and adviser Kiriley ...

HESTA hits $100bn in assets

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... and a lower minimum balance for accessing Income Stream products. The default MySuper Balanced Growth option saw investment fees reduce from 0.62% to 0.58% while investment fees in the High Growth option fell from 0.78% to 0.72%. However, fees were higher ...

Retail investors want true hedge fund exposure: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... many have turned to liquid and semi-liquid hedge fund options that offer lower minimums, simpler structures, transparent fees and daily liquidity. "While these vehicles don't perfectly replicate traditional hedge funds and may deliver lower absolute ...

Aware Super, TelstraSuper advance merger plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... TelstraSuper chief executive Chris Davies said joining Aware Super will lead to more scale "which provides the potential for lower fees, access to more investment opportunities, as well as more efficient operations". "Your super stays well-managed, just ...

APRA warns of super fund sustainability challenges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
... share by both assets and accounts. APRA said that if trends continue, a significant number of funds will need to increase fees to continue operating, particularly because attracting and retaining members is more difficult since the introduction of stapling ...

HESTA changes investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
HESTA has reduced investment fees across its ready-made investment options in the last financial year and announced a lower minimum balance for accessing Income Stream products. The investment fee reductions were across HESTA's top four ready-made ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... couple's circumstance. There is, however, a glut of Australians who do not have complex needs. "They love the benefit of lower fees, full transparency, access to advisers, a beautiful dashboard and great service," she says, noting that while digital ...