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Legalsuper finds savings in manager reshuffle

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... $50,000 balance has reduced by 19%. "This review has culminated in the delivery of both strong investment performance and lower fees. Certainly a good news story or our members" Proebstl finished. Formed over 25 years ago, legalsuper now manages $2.6 ...

Rice Warner consultant criticises MySuper fee disclosure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... life-cycle products which decrease exposure to growth assets as retirement approaches; this should, he said, result in lower fees over time but in many cases it hasn't. Further, he said that the extra costs generated by the individual managers in which ...

SMSF the next frontier for robo advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... popular with investors aged 60 and over with substantial wealth because they offered greater transparency, control, lower fees, more flexibility, and a better customer experience than traditional advice models. FinDigital managing director, Ian Dunbar ...

Marketing key to $480bn post-retirement opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... research shows that financial advice has potential to become a stronger retention lever, perhaps easing the pressure to lower fees," Inwood said. CoreData has uncovered a growing latent demand for scaled advice among pre and post-retirees in APRA-regulated ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... agreements to remove choice provisions, thereby creating monopolies. This must change to guarantee choice and ultimately lower fees to all working Australians. Employers are also restricted from choosing a MySuper default fund. Although APRA approves ...

Alternatives sector shaped by regulation, customer demand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... many cases was adversely affected by regulatory changes and demands for greater transparency, better liquidity, and lower fees. Unlike traditional asset classes, the research notes, the alternatives sector hasn't faced as much downward pressure on management ...

Managed accounts boost advice business valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... said that using these new structures has enabled them to boost their business value because they are able to pass on lower fees to their clients which helps increase their own practice's remuneration. The attractiveness of managed accounts is why most ...

Retail MySuper transition too slow: ISA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... stands at 92%, noted the analysis. The research stated that because members in retail MySuper products pay significantly lower fees than in the normal default retail workplace funds, retail groups delaying the transfer of default members across into ...

FSC-ISA battle recommences over MySuper data

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... Commission process. "While the FWC process continues, millions of Australians will be missing out on the benefit of lower fees and higher return MySuper products offered by FSC members." ISA returned: "The banks are lobbying the government to scrap the ...

AIST attacks big-bank default grandfathering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... been set at 30 June 2017. However, AIST wants this to be brought forward. "While MySuper has already brought about lower fees, we won't know the full benefits until all default super is moved to MySuper. Given the current focus on fees in superannuation ...