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ISA calls out banks over fee structures

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... conglomerates with very little or no transparency. "This should be cause for concern for fund members and an area ripe for disclosure reforms by law makers and regulatory authorities," Whiteley said. "Fees are being generated a number of ways by the ...

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
"Not happy, Jan!" This was Wall Street's immediate verdict on the Fed's disclosure of its non-decision following the much-awaited and much speculated 16-17 September FOMC meeting. The S&P 500 index declined by 1.6%; the Dow by 1.7%; Nasdaq by 1.4% ...

Cbus responds to Royal Commission allegations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... Corruption. The super fund said there is no basis for the submission that Atkin knew about and participated in the disclosure. In its most recent submission Cbus adopted the words of Professor Graeme Samuel AC and Robert van Woerkom in their independent ...

ASIC warns super trustees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Trustees were also warned about the presentation of rollover forms attached to product disclosure statements that may have given new members the impression they were required to rollover their existing superannuation ...

IOOF appoints head of best advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... outsourced to third party providers for both managed funds and equities, with appropriate controls over attribution and disclosure." IOOF did not reveal details of the report, but mentioned that PwC made recommendations in relation to "composition of ...

PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... by ETFs. Douglass, however, was the first to get it over the line. "We had to work with the ASX and ASIC around the disclosure regime because we couldn't give away our holdings every day. We've agreed to the disclosure regime that is in place for retail ...

Pressure mounts on Cbus in Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... Commission admits it is not in a position to find, with certainty, that Atkin did know about and participate in the disclosure. "The available evidence does indicate that, on the balance of probabilities, he did," the Counsel Assisting submission said. ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... Fitzpatrick said. ASIC's current role in regulating retirement income products primarily relates to the advocacy of product disclosure documentation, marketing and promotional material and through the regulation of financial advice. Fitzpatrick said ...

ASIC warns super funds over transparency requirements

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... regulations 2.37 and 2.38, introduced under Stronger Super reforms, require funds to display executive remuneration disclosure and other information about super funds' governance on their websites. The requirement is designed to make superannuation funds ...

ACSI calls for better company disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... anti-corruption and bribery disclosures in major Australian companies. ACSI says while there has been a general improvement in disclosure quality in recent years, the improvement by companies "at risk" remains from "an unacceptably low base". The comments ...