| Membership and access | The product is offered through an advice relationship; the current PDS and target market determination set the application rules. Sources123 | A financial adviser is required for MyNorth products. Read the PDS and target market determination for the particular account, including whether it is ordinary super, a pension or a lifetime product. Sources15 |
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| Accounts and products | HUB24 Super with menu and account variants. Sources123 | MyNorth and North super and pension products in Wealth Personal Superannuation and Pension Fund; separate from AMP SignatureSuper. MyNorth Super MyNorth Pension MyNorth Lifetime Super MyNorth Lifetime Income MyNorth Deferred Lifetime Income North legacy products Sources3 |
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| Investment choices | Discover provides a streamlined managed-portfolio selection. Core and Choice offer other levels of investment breadth. Sources123 | Investments selected through the product and adviser; not one platform-wide MySuper default. MyNorth uses Grow, Select and Choice menus with different pricing. Members can hold investments across menus, with administration costs reflecting that mix. The cash account also has its own investment and administration charges, so uninvested cash is part of the cost calculation. Sources2 |
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| Insurance | A separate HUB24 Super Insurance Guide sets out available cover and conditions. Sources123 | North supports insurance arrangements, including cover held inside super. The policy and underwriting are separate from the investment platform. Ask the adviser to compare the cover, premium and exclusions with the existing policy before transferring. Sources16 |
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| Retirement income | The cash account processes pension payments as well as investment trades and fees. Retirement features depend on the selected account. Sources123 | MyNorth offers ordinary pension accounts and separate Lifetime and Deferred Lifetime Income arrangements. The PDS says capital-access rules limit withdrawals and death/exit benefits for the lifetime-income accounts. Ordinary super and lifetime-income access terms must not be confused. Sources345 |
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| Advice and support | Advisers use the platform to construct and manage client portfolios. Advice fees need to be included in any total-cost assessment. Sources123 | MyNorth is available through an adviser, making the advice relationship part of the proposition. Fees may include initial, ongoing, fixed-term or ad hoc advice charges. Ask what each service will deliver and what happens to the account if that relationship ends. Sources126 |
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| Fee details to check | Calculate costs using the selected menu, balance and investments. Add adviser and managed-portfolio fees, plus transaction and underlying investment costs. Sources123 | Add account and administration fees, underlying investment costs, the cash-account charge, any trustee or lifetime fee, insurance and adviser charges. Menu mix, balance tiers and eligible family aggregation can change the total. A nil administration rate on one menu does not make all holdings or the full arrangement free. Sources23 |
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| Comparing investment performance | A HUB24 account does not have one standard return. Compare a specific proposed portfolio and its complete fees. Sources123 | A platform does not have one investment return. Compare the actual portfolio after its underlying and platform costs, and disclose adviser fees separately if they are excluded. The performance of one managed fund cannot stand in for the account. Show the exact menu mix, account type and advice fee. Keep ordinary super and account-based pensions separate from lifetime-income comparisons. Sources123456 |
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