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Colonial First State hit with second class action in less than a week

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... Slater and Gordon said CFS had the power to transfer existing FirstChoice Super members into identical products with lower fees and where commissions were not paid. "Rather than use this power for the benefit of its members, CFS kept them in the more ...

Australia investor friendly, not consumer friendly: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... led to greater fee transparency. "We conclude that the investor experience is improving across multiple markets given lower fees and ease of entry for investors to buy funds without loads or trailing commissions," said Morningstar. Despite low fees for ...

Managed funds versus the ASX 200

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... question is what went wrong? With investment managers already under pressure from ETFs, institutional clients wanting lower fees, indexing and super funds turning to self-management, these results come at an awkward time." Which managed funds are outperforming? ...

Pinnacle kicks off race to zero-fee ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... Australia Shares Index ETF, $3.6 billion SPDR 200 fund and iShares Global 100. And so, perhaps a more effective driver for lower fees is competition. One of the outliers, the Vanguard Australia Shares Index ETF has since lowered fees, following BlackRock ...

Vanguard American ETFs cross US$1 trillion

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... issuer in Australia last year, surpassing BlackRock. Last month, Vanguard's Australian business announced it will lower fees on some of its popular funds and ETFs from the start of July. The fee reductions include the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ...

Vanguard lowers fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
Vanguard announced it will lower fees on a number of its most popular funds and ETFs from the start of July. The fee reductions include the Vanguard Australian Shares Index Fund, which is one of Vanguard's largest funds with more than $15 billion ...

Fee discounts harder for active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... successful in negotiating fees with active ETF managers. In unlisted trust funds, we can negotiate between 10bps and 20bps lower fees," chief executive Will Hamilton said. Unlisted trusts offer fee discounts in two primary ways: the issuer sets up a ...

Super startup to relaunch

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... AustralianSuper. Rainmaker head of superannuation research Jason Ross said FairVine's fee structure allowed the fund to offer lower fees to certain members, but not all would see the same benefits. "By not having a dollar fee, FairVine benefits those ...

Alternative platform launches

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... employed by many Australian platforms. The firm said its new "alternative" offering would offer advisers and clients lower fees, and zero-brokerage. FinClear chair David Hancock said the discussion around fees in wealth management would eventually move ...

Parametric critiques Productivity Commission's final report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... she said. "The Productivity Commission laid down some paths to better member outcomes, including higher returns and lower fees, which make sense in theory but are controversial in practice. Our message is that tax efficiency can be as effective, is less ...