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IRESS upgrades service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... income." Version 130 also includes Fund Click software which generates more than 100 electronic product disclosure statements (PDS) across all fund managers and platforms. Kinens said financial planners usually need to learn each platform's unique PDS ...

ASFA proposes asset classification standards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... are a number of superannuation funds that have ceased to use the words growth and defensive in the Product Disclosure Statements. Rather, the funds just name asset classes that comprise the diversified asset class options." The paper did not nominate ...

Is offshore investment necessary?

... (if approved), notify the regulatory body of the change, inform existing investors and issue new product disclosure statements. In short, it becomes logistically too difficult. And in certain instances, the window of opportunity to enhanced returns has ...

Introducing the Burnie Pub PDS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
The government moves to scrap Latin-like, 100-page product disclosure statements (PDSs) in favour of plain English four-page forms by creating a template to prove it can be done. Today Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law ...

Advisers change tack on life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... gets simpler, the easier is, the more advisers can sell," said Halbert. "It's no longer about the product disclosure statements (PDS) and how great your definitions are, it's about the total offer and that includes technology and those who don't get ...

Macquarie launches lending website

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... prices updates and loan portfolio information. In addition, the website allows advisers to order product disclosure statements and brochures. Peter van der Westhuyzen, Macquarie Investment Lending division director, said, "We know the internet is increasingly ...

Cut PDS to less than 20 pages: study

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... commissioned by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has revealed that superannuation product disclosure statements (PDS) under 20 pages long are the most effective way to present information to investors. The research conducted by ...

From PDS doorstoppers to digests

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
In line with new government rules calling for shorter product disclosure statements, ING Australia has reduced the size of its PDSs for OneAnswer and OneCare products by 33 per cent. In August last year, the Federal Government legislated PDSs could ...

TFNs available online: ING

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... pass on TFNs. In September last year, Employer Super, underwent significant modifications to reduce product disclosure statements, extend income protection cover and cap fees.

The miseducation on research

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... management interrogation, including capacity, track record, governance and public documents such as product disclosure statements, trust deeds, financial accounts etc," said Cruickshank. Independent research reports should therefore be used in conjunction ...