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Regal profit pushes to $145m on performance fee upgrades

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
Regal Partners expects its 2025 net profits to come in at $145 million driven by fee upgrades, with performance fees estimated to be approximately $130 million in the second half of the year. The ASX-listed specialist alternatives investment manager ...

HESTA records over $10bn in investment returns

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... Conservative yielding 7.53% for the last 12 months. The results also follow the super fund's announcement to lower investment fees across most of its ready-made investment options in the last financial year; as well as plans to reduce insurance fees ...

Super funds' external fund manager spend hits $2bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
Superannuation funds spent more than $1.9 billion on external fund manager fees last financial year, with nearly 60% of the amount going to equity fund managers, according to APRA figures. The prudential regulator's breakdown of super funds' ...

Fund managers 'remarkably positive' despite headwinds: Frontier

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... 85.7% the following year. Between 2014 to 2017, nearly a third (30%) of fund managers found that "pressure from clients for fees to contract and impact on revenue" was their single biggest challenge. In 2025, Frontier found the figure dropped to 22.2% ...

Australians fearful of getting their investments wrong: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... reviewed over time, can materially lift retirement wealth. At the very least check your investment option, take a look at your fees, perhaps make an additional contribution. "Super is not just a savings account, it's one of the most powerful investment ...

Small win for First Guardian victims amid platform transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... First Guardian Master Fund. During this time, they were required to maintain a minimum balance of $2500 and were charged some fees. From tomorrow, the minimum balance requirement will be removed for those members who were solely invested in First Guardian. ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... Your Super Act pushed for an annual performance test of all super funds to ensure they deliver acceptable returns net of fees. Funds unable to meet performance standards or deliver efficient services faced closure or merger, driving the push for "mega-funds" ...

RM Capital, SMSF Club to pay $925k over conflicted remuneration

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... bought a property through them using their SMSF. The court found that SMSF Club received a total of $135,863.65 in referral fees from Positive RealEstate for assisting SMSF Club clients to set up an SMSF and purchase property from Positive RealEstate. ...

Australian Food Super closes two options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... $4.3 million in assets. As at November 1, the fund estimates that the Property and Alternatives options incur investment fees and costs of 0.37% p.a. and 0.27% p.a. respectively. During FY25, the Property option incurred transaction costs that were higher ...

AMP to pay $29m to settle class action

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... action was seeking compensation for excess premiums paid by group members, commissions paid on products and ongoing service fees charged to group members for services they did not receive between July 2014 to February 2021. The settlement is subject ...