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Vanguard UK upends cost of advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
Vanguard has launched a financial advice offering in the UK that will charge a flat rate of 0.79%, a whopping three times less than what the industry charges on average. Vanguard Personal Financial Planning promises to provide high-quality, low cost ...

Super assets hit record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... rose 2.2%, buoyed by APRA-regulated assets, which increased 3% to $2.06 trillion. The self-managed super fund sector was flat at $764.2 billion. Pitting retail funds against industry funds, the latter jumped 6% to $817.9 billion year on year, while the ...

Future Super cuts fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... options. The admin fee on the fund's Balanced Index option is reducing from 0.65% per annum to 0.554% per annum. The flat fee of $93.60 a year and the investment fee of 0.20% will remain the same. The Future Super Balanced Impact and Future Super ...

Trustees cutting corners: Rowell

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... trustees didn't appear to have considered the appropriateness of their fee structures, including the way they split fees between flat and variable charges, when assessing the impact on the members invested in the relevant product. Rowell said that some ...

Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... reward-for-risk approach. However, Morningstar said: "Dimensional has been able to handle periods such as when yield curves have become flat or even inverted, its duration floor not proving a hindrance." Nikko Asset Management's Australian Bond was ...

Perpetual profits plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... across our business lines." Following the announcement, Perpetual's share price rose nearly 6%. However, it is now trading flat at $30.99.

Industry veterans launch dealer group

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... terms of pricing - Alexander said the dealer group's licensing fees are "economical" compared to competitors, charging a flat fee of $26,000 per annum plus GST (plus 2% PI) per adviser. "We don't want to be the cheapest, because if we are the cheapest ...

Super fund for women adds fee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... percentage based administration fee has decreased from 1.09% to 0.826% for both options. Rainmaker analysis indicates the new flat admin fee will cover almost all the percentage fee reduction - however, the administration fees overall are likely to become ...

MLC changes super fees, adds menu

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... said, will receive the members in legacy MasterKey super and pension products. All MLC Index Plus options will do down to flat 29bps, in what MLC says will benefit 40,000 retail and wholesale clients. Effective April 20, MLC will also offer a new core ...

MySuper heat map lauds industry funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... rating for the administration fees it charges to members with account balances of $10,000 or less. The fund charges members a flat administration fee of $2.25 per week, which equates to a 1.17% fee as a percentage of a $10,000 account each year. Rainmaker ...