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Fees and costs

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Fees and costs from 1 July 2010

Type of fee or cost Amount How and when paid

Fees when your money moves in or out of the fund

Establishment fee:
The fee to open your investment
Nil Not applicable
Contribution fee:
The fee for each amount contributed to your investment - either by you or your employer
Nil Not applicable
Withdrawal fee:
The fee on each amount you take out of your investment
$37 each lump sum withdrawal, partial rollover or contribution split application. The fee is deducted from your account when you make a lump sum withdrawal, partial rollover or contribution split application.
Termination fee:
The fee to close your investment
Nil Not applicable
Management costs
The fees and costs for managing your investment
Administration fee
$112 per annum
The pro rata administration fee is deducted from your account each quarter.
Indirect cost ratio (ICR)
The estimated amount you pay for each investment option is shown on page 29 of the Super for Accumulation 1 members product disclosure statement.

 

 The ICR is deducted from investment earnings on a quarterly basis before the calculation of investment returns.


Service fees

Investment switching fee
The fee for changing investment options
The first switch per account in each financial year is free of charge. All subsequent switches will be charged a fee of $26 per switch. This is deducted from your account when you make an investment switch.

Self-Select investment fee
The fee applies if you invest your account in one or more investment options from the Self-Select investment menu

$30 per six-monthly statement period Deducted from your account at the end of each statement period.
Family law transaction fee
The fee charged when a request is made for information about a member's superannuation interest, or when the following actions take place: a payment split, a payment flag, lifting a payment flag where it does not result in a payment split or terminating a payment flag.
$77 per application
$64 per transaction
Payable when a member account information application is made. Splitting and flagging fees are deducted in equal proportions from both members' accounts.

Insurance costs

Optional insurance cover Insurance cover costs $1.40 per unit per week for Death and Disablement cover and 80 cents per unit per week for Death-only cover. If you purchase this insurance it is deducted from your account each month.


See the Fees and costs section of the Super for Accumulation 1 members product disclosure statement for additional information about fees and costs payable by members.