AusSuper Member Direct Fee reduction
Just received the letter. They are reducing the brokerage and annual fee for MemberDirect.
**Fee Reductions**
**Portfolio administration fees:**
|Level of Access|Current|New (from 28 Mar)| |:-|:-|:-| |Cash Account (Cash only)|$30 p.a.|$30 p.a. (no change)| |Term Deposits (Cash + TDs)|$120 p.a.|**$70 p.a.**| |Shares, ETFs & LICs (Full access)|$180 p.a.|**$150 p.a.**|
**Brokerage fees (per transaction):**
***Current****:*
* $0ā$13,000 ā $13.00 flat * Above $13,000 ā 0.10%
***New****:*
* First $12,500 ā **$10.00 flat** * Next $37,500 ā **0.08%** * Balance over $50,000 ā **0.04%**
**Cash Transfer Enhancements**
Currently, transfers in/out of Member Direct are allocated automatically based on your existing investment mix (Super) or contributions strategy (transfers out, Super only).
From 28 March, you'll be able to ***manually specify dollar amounts*** to/from each of your other AustralianSuper investment options when doing a cash transfer. The platform will show default allocations first, but you can override them ā including allocating to options you don't currently hold
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