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Funds management

The firm has reduced management fees to 0.29% across its UBS Tactical Beta Fund range....

Funds management

Platform provider HUB24 has dismissed a newspaper report that a combination of recent interest rate cuts and the fees it charges have left some financial planning clients...

Superannuation

Conflicted fees are once again a hot legal topic, with Suncorp being hit with a class action in the New South Wales Supreme Court over superannuation commissions paid to ...

Funds management

Exchange traded funds in the US have been consistently squeezed by increased competition which, combined with new fintech entrants, forced costs sharply lower, according ...

Financial planning

Greater transparency will help address anomalies in the way in which superannuation fund salaried financial advisers are paid from administration and investment fees, acc...

Financial planning

A number of financial advisers have questioned whether the Australian Securities and Investments Commission is being consistent in its treatment of salaried financial pla...

Life/Risk

A new whitepaper developed by ClearView is arguing that policy-makers have railed to understand life/risks commissions and the significant risks associated with removing ...

Funds management

JP Morgan Asset Management Australia has announced the reduction of management fees on all bond funds, from 60 to 40 basis points....

Funds management

The majority of Australian active managers may be charging fees that are too high, according to VanEck’s analysis....

Policy & Regulation

The Institute of Public Accountants has continued its defence of tax advice fees, arguing the move is unjustified and that the underlying data has been inappropriately us...

Funds management

Macquarie Group recorded net profit for the European financial year to March’s end of $2.982 billion, up 17 per cent on FY18, with a loss in fee income offsetting modest ...

Financial planning

Colonial First State has announced significant platform fee reductions....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has warned its members that product providers are unilaterally contacting clients regarding ongoing adviser fees and services....

Policy & Regulation

The Financial Planning Association has urged the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to act to ensure financial product manufacturers more consistently revea...

Superannuation

Changes to superannuation fee disclosure proposed by ASIC to improve transparency won’t solve the problem and could just increase confusion for consumers....

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