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The first review of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority has made 13 recommendations for its improvements but acknowledged these may result in increased costs fo...

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The Stewart Investors Worldwide Leaders Sustainability fund’s fee has reduced to 0.45% as the fund looks to help clients grow their wealth....

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Financial planning

Before changing fee structures, there is plenty advisers can do to improve profit by fixing business efficiencies, according to a panel....

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Financial planning

Advice pricing should be the amalgamation of three layers – intangible value, services and advice, and structural complexity and additional value-add, according to a fina...

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Financial planning

Advisers are now turning to focus on their business growth but the workload around fee consent requirements are a burden and they need efficient processes to lower this l...

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People & Products

ASX shares and exchange traded funds will now have a minimum commission of $5, while US shares and ETFs will be US$4....

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Features

Running a financial advice practice has never been harder, Jassmyn Goh writes, and advisers must find efficiencies and restructure their revenue sources to deliver their ...

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Financial planning

Liberal members Jason Falinski and Tim Wilson have concluded the corporate regulator and industry super funds are beneficiaries of Australians being unable to access fina...

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Financial planning

As industry organisations face Parliament to argue against rising regulatory levies, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority has praised financial advisers for rece...

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Financial planning

There will be a problem in the next five years as falling adviser numbers coincide with more households seeking advice, according to Easton Investments. ...

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Financial planning

Fixed-term arrangements cannot be used to avoid ongoing fee consent renewals and advisers could breach the code of ethics by trying to use them in that way....

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Financial planning

Indirect costs associated with the corporate watchdog’s levy has risen to $24.5 million and these costs are closely related to the increased spending on litigation fundin...

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Funds management

Pendal has seen record performance fees on its Australian funds, rising 29% to $16.4 million in the most recent quarter. ...

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Funds management

Vanguard Australia will remove the fee for Vanguard exchange traded funds, managed funds and the cash account on its personal investor platform from 18 August to encourag...

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Funds management

In a move to expand its adviser client base, Milford Asset Management has lowered its flagship fund fee for advisers to 0.9% per annum....

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