FEES

Financial planning

Federal Parliamentarians believe licensees are still reaping the monetary benefits of shelf space fees but are simply designating them as adviser education fees....

Funds management

New research has pointed to rising competition from new and cheaper products driving down funds management fees....

Funds management

Contango Microcap’s new board has decided to reduce directors’ fees with immediate effect....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is pointing to a final figure of $200 million being returned to consumers from its ‘fee for no service’ remediation p...

Funds management

Platinum Asset Management has announced changes to its product fees, and plans to launch two new ETMFs in August....

Funds management

Private equity funds have urged ASIC to address “flawed implementation” of new fee disclosure requirements....

Funds management

Low cost passive FUM has grown by 271 per cent, but IOOF has warned advisers to look beyond costs to achieve clients’ objectives. ...

Funds management

In the low return world, fund managers needed to move toward waiving management fees and only charging out performance fees, according to Harvest Lane Asset Management. ...

Financial planning

Members of the Financial Planning Association have been granted ASIC relief from opt-in if they sign up to the FPA’s Professional Ongoing Fees Code....

Editorial

There can be no more grievous indictment of a service provider than that they continually charged for a service that was never provided....

Financial planning

ANZ, NAB, CBA, Westpac and AMP licensees have paid around $23.7 million in refunds for fees charged without the actual provision of advice, with the refund total likely t...

Financial planning

Westpac has refunded $9.2 million to affected clients after failing to waive bank account fees on its branded savings and transaction accounts....

Financial planning

ANZ Bank will refund $28.8 million in fees to more than 390,000 customers for failing to disclose when periodical payments would apply....

Features

More boutique managers are setting up shop as they look to get away from the lack of individuality and constraints of larger institutional fund managers, Jassmyn Goh find...

People & Products

Nikko Asset Management has reduced some management fees on its Australian Share Income Fund, and grown its retail sales team....

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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