FEES

Superannuation

MTAA Super has announced an administration fee reduction of 10 cents a week, saying it will result in a six per cent annual saving for members....

image
SMSF

While the Productivity Commission modified its earlier findings to better reflect true SMSF returns in its final report, Class has warned that aspects of its calculations...

image
Funds management

Investors are struggling to reconcile the risk-return trade off inherent in investing, according to a new Natixis Investment Managers survey....

image
Financial planning

Financial firms who are members of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority must notify the Australian Securities and Investments Commission of their membership by t...

image
Superannuation

The Royal Commission has heard that the time-table attaching to the AMP superannuation fund boards’ decision to cut MySuper fees by 50 basis points was devised elsewhere ...

image
Policy & Regulation

The chairman of National Australia Bank, Ken Henry has told the Royal Commission it should consider allowing banks to remediate customers without first seeking permission...

image
Superannuation

As the banks face issues with customer satisfaction so too have their associated super funds, with industry funds having increased their customer satisfaction ratings ove...

image
Financial planning

NAB chief executive, Andrew Thorburn, has defended some fees for no service charged by the bank as a “process issue” rather than dishonesty, as he came under fire at the ...

image
Superannuation

New analysis from Rice Warner has suggested that the removal of volume-based adviser fees would challenge superannuation just as much as it would challenge planning firms...

image
Superannuation

The Federal Senate will this week consider the controversial amendment to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act first proposed by the then-Treasurer Scott Morriso...

image
People & Products

Digital wealth platform, InvestSMART has launched a new pricing model via its PMA platform....

image
Funds management

Major fund manager, Platinum Asset Management has called on the Royal Commission to further scrutinise platform shelf-space fees and problematic relationships between pla...

image
Superannuation

New research has pointed to investment fees driving up the cost of superannuation fund membership and narrowing the gap between industry and retail funds....

image
Funds management

Following a Royal Commission that has put fees under a spotlight, InvestSMART has found that paying just one per cent more in fees can slash the overall value of investme...

image
Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has flagged impending enforcement action against advice licensees for Fee Disclosure Statement failings and a broader...

image
sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

1 hour ago

Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

4 days 6 hours ago

It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

3 weeks 2 days ago

Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

2 weeks 4 days ago

A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

3 days 4 hours ago

Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

2 days 7 hours ago