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Retail fund fights back

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... the advice process. "When you compare like for like you see a much more reasonable difference, industry funds provide lower fees, but the biggest variation is the cost of advice, which has value and needs to be factored in," she said. "If you're not ...

Perpetual capital protected gains $130m

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... Australia. "Our product gives investors direct ownership of the underlying funds. It is also tax effective and has lower fees. These are three important features for investors in the current conditions," said Chesler. Perpetual is expected to unveil ...

Co-investing gains momentum

... Trevillyan said while there is no hard data on better returns through co-investing, the fact that super funds tend to pay lower fees when they co-invest is a big plus. He added, "If you look at private equity and infrastructure, there's a potential for ...

Attack of the hedge clones

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... cloning is expected to open the industry further to retail investors and pension funds due to greater transparency and lower fees, specialised boutique hedge funds will still be in demand. The perks will best suit portfolios of hedge funds rather than ...

Avanteos starts year with rebate resolutions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... the form of rebates on a scale basis. Stevens said individual investors would benefit from the rebates in the form of lower fees. In addition, Avanteos has improved its reporting capability allowing investors to track underlying managers and their portfolio ...

US fund fees plummet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
... scale and a much more efficient industry is allowing technology and more streamlined distribution to translate into lower fees much more quickly. "The drop in fees and expenses continued a trend observed since the early 1980s. The fees and expenses paid ...

Industry funds show master trusts a clean pair of heels

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... funds delivering $3,950 and $13,721 more dollars in their members accounts over three and five years, respectively. Lower fees, greater investment performance and industry funds' tendency to use higher levels of growth assets in diversified default options ...

Big is better, but not best

A new study on economies of scale has found that members of mega funds receive better service and pay lower fees than small to mid-size super funds, but that doesn't necessarily spell the end of super funds with assets below the billion dollar mark. ...

Industry funds save 26 per cent in fees: study

... study has found that industry funds deliver 26 per cent more in retirement savings than retail master trusts due to lower fees, refueling debate on how super funds deliver value-for-money to their members. Superannuation research firm SuperRatings has ...

Industry funds warn on master trust switching

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... claim their actual fees may be lower than listed in the product disclosure statement. "Master trusts claim they offer lower fees than those published in their product disclosure statements. We call on them, or the regulator, to prove these claims through ...