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Apple dives deeper into financial services

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... giants moving into financial services and taking on traditional banking corporations. In its announcement, Apple said with no fees, no minimum deposits, and no minimum balance requirements, users can "easily" set up and manage their savings account directly ...

Frontier Advisors tops asset consultant ranking

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
... domestic manger research, capital markets research, digital research and analysis tools, meeting agreed benchmarks, reasonable fees, risk assessment and advice, advice on Your Future, Your Super and regulations, as well as Net Promoter Score. Frontier ...

Brighter Super forges ahead with SFT

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
... instead be moved to Brighter Super Optimiser's MySuper option. New members in the MySuper option will see administration fees reduce from 0.54% p.a. to 0.18% p.a. capped at $900 p.a. Brighter Super chief executive Kate Farrar said the transfer of ...

Super fund selection driven by fees: SCA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
Australians prioritise fees and charges when choosing a new superannuation fund, according to Super Consumers Australia (SCA) research. SCA's pilot nationwide survey on Australian superannuation trends revealed that 67% of consumers consider fees ...

Vanguard cuts fee on bond ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
A Vanguard fixed interest exchange-traded fund has reduced its management fees following a pricing review. The Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF (VAF) reduced management costs from 0.15% per annum to 0.10% p.a. from April 6. Commenting on ...

Drawdown reforms boosts post-retirement phase

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... prudential capital requirements and introducing a disclosure regime to allow consumers to compare retirement product features and fees. The final recommendation involves improving how super interacts with other parts of the retirement system like the ...

Pacific Current Group buys stake in PE firm

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... Investment Partners (Cordillera). The $44.9 million deal will see PAC take on 16.4% of Cordillera's revenues, both management fees and performance fees, and 24.9% of the proceeds in the event of a sale. PAC estimates that its investment will provide ...

YFYS recommendations not enough: AIST

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
... adding that she is disappointed the government had not acted on stakeholder feedback that default sorting of products by fees in the comparison tool could unintentionally increase the ranking of poorly performing products that had temporarily lowered ...

SG Hiscock commences abrdn fund changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
... investment professionals who will transition from abrdn. There will be no change to the fund's objectives, investment strategy or fees, however the custodian and administrator will switch to Apex Group. Meanwhile, the abrdn Australian Small Companies ...

Consumer interests prioritised in YFYS review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... approach of listening and responding to evidence-based policy." "Maintaining the approach of using current administration fees when benchmarking product performance is the best outcome for consumers as evidence from the prudential regulator has demonstrated ...