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Super trustees on notice over fund disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... example: trustee directors' remuneration for the last two financial years, fund trust deeds and product disclosure statements, a summary of significant event notices sent to fund members in the last two years and a summary of how the trustee voted in ...

Disengaged members vulnerable in super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... the members smokes or not. ASIC also highlighted a number of key areas for improvement, including product disclosure statements, written reasons for decisions, product dashboards and other website content. "We now expect all trustees to review their ...

Life consumers influenced by premium pricing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... adviser on the other hand is fully underwritten, but requires a multi-page statement of advice and product disclosure statements consumers often don't read or understand. A policy that has limited underwriting at the time of purchase means the insurer ...

AMP Capital overhauls ESG investment strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... framework without compromising investment objectives. Divestment begins when AMP Capital updates product disclosure statements for impacted funds during 2017. External fund managers with impacted portfolios will be instructed to progressively sell down ...

Life insurance industry rebuts need for greater reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... industry and under law, customers benefit from a range of protections including the duty of utmost good faith, strict disclosure and capital adequacy rules, and the financial adviser best interest duty," Loane said. "The FSC strongly believes further ...

CommInsure appoints independent review panel

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... definitions; the insurer is still in the process of notifying policyholders about these changes. "Our Product Disclosure Statements have been updated and we will also write to impacted policy holders by the end of June to tell them about the changes," ...

Synchron announces LIF tech and referral arrangements

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Following on from its partnership with AIA to create a Life Insurance Framework-friendly insurance product, Synchron has announced two new LIF support initiatives. The first is SyncAdvsr, a software package designed to automatically produce fee disclosure ...

New super transparency rules spark controversy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
ASIC's updated fee and cost disclosure requirements for superannuation funds have sparked controversy among industry stakeholders. The regulator released Regulatory Guide 97 Disclosing fees and costs in PDSs and periodic statements, which includes a ...

Parliament repeals key FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... extending the time for advisers to send opt-in notices from 30 to 60 days and extending the time for clients to prove fee disclosure statements to pre-1 July 2013 retail clients from 30 to 60 days. The financial planning sector had long lobbied for these ...

ASIC warns super trustees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... 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 accounts ...