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Kiwibank fined over lack of disclosure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... savings scheme. Meanwhile, in Australia the peak consumer advocacy group CHOICE has published an analysis of similar fee disclosure problems with currency conversion on credit card transactions among Australian banks. www.thesheet.com

FPA stops short of backing member calls

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
... Tucker's calls for a broad switch to fee for service, but continued to fall back on the FPA principles, which promote fee disclosure and agreements between client and adviser. "It is clear that MLC and a number of other FPA members are moving in the ...

Watchdogs to recruit trustees for data collection

... published as an example of annual fees and costs for a balanced fund in Product Disclosure Statements (PDS) under the fee disclosure requirement originally due to start with on July 1 this year, but moved to July 1, 2006. APRA will drive the collection ...

FPA outlines strategic priorities for 2005

... planners who are members of the FPA and those who aren't. These include full transparency, requiring soft dollar fee disclosure and processes to deal with conflict of interest issues in the most effective manner. Promoting the CFP designation has become ...

Wake up call for looming dollar disclosure requirements

... provisions. Ebsworth & Ebworth's recent law bulletin has outlined the importance of preparing for the impact on fee disclosure from ASIC's 'Batch 8' regulations released on 24 June 2004 and a raft of ASIC releases coming into effect in 2005. From March ...

Proposal to abolish exit fees splits industry

... would abolish exit fess if the Labor party wins government. Retail fund spokesman Gilbert said the introduction of fee disclosure legislation in 1994 had changed the type of products now on offer, with current exit fees ranging from 0%-4%of account balances. ...

ASIC to release paper on dollar disclosure rules

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2004
The investment watchdog will soon release a paper outlining its approach to new fee disclosure regulations, introduced by the government. The "dollar disclosure" regulations, unveiled last Thursday, mean financial licensees and product issuers must ...

Labor in the cold on choice

... competition," ASFA chief executive officer Philippa Smith said. ASFA has previously called for stronger measures on fee disclosure and issued only a luke-warm response the Government's recently released preferred fee disclosure model. Alternatively ...

ACA and ASFA gang up on proposed fee disclosure package

... (ASFA) and the Australian Consumer Association (ACA) have together criticised the government's latest proposed super fee disclosure package citing concerns for consumer protection. "The needs of consumers are paramount in this - not the interests of ...

Mixed response to Govt's preferred fee disclosure model

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said the Government's preferred fee disclosure model for superannuation released yesterday is critically flawed going only part of the way to addressing consumer concerns. "The critical flaw ...