It is becoming cheaper to invest in Australian shares and fixed interest, but more expensive to go international, according to the latest InTech investment manage-ment fees survey.
It is becoming cheaper to invest in Australian shares and fixed interest, but more expensive to go international, according to the latest InTech investment manage-ment fees survey.
The survey of wholesale investment management fees, which include pooled funds and individually managed portfolios, found that fees charged for Australian share funds have decreased on average by 11 per cent in the past three years. Fees charged for international funds, on the other hand, have blown out by 10 per cent in the past two years.
Fixed interest funds followed the same pattern. Average fee levels for Australian fixed interest funds have fallen by about 7 per cent, while international fixed inter-est charges have risen by 9 per cent during the same time.
Despite increasing competition in the superannuation industry, investment man-agement fees for the major flagship pooled market-linked funds have remained static, InTech found. However, the findings also show little correlation between in-vestment performance and fees charged.
Fees charged for capital stable funds, meanwhile, fell on average by 5 per cent over three years.
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