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Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... governance and compliance, not the businesses themselves. "ASIC has to regulate everything from banking products and super disclosure to mining; it's being pulled in a lot of directions." The Committee should be looking at ways to make ASIC more efficient ...

Portfolio disclosure's unintended consequences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Stronger Super's portfolio disclosure rules present major challenges to super funds investing in private markets, not because the investments are opaque but because portfolio disclosure could require them to disclose their intentions about future transactions. ...

US fight over adviser fiduciary rules nears end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... advisers appears to approaching resolution, the price of this resolution is that it has retreated back to just improved disclosure rules. The Wall Street Journal has reported that the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) is soon to announce its final ...

Technology now about connectivity not just firepower

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... Advent tunnels into 900 custodians around the world and can help fiduciaries like super fund trustees compile portfolio disclosure reports that span hundreds of investment managers working in multiple worldwide jurisdictions. With Australian investment ...

SEC reopens target date funds disclosure review

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has reopened its review into enhanced disclosure regulations for target date funds, a sector that they believe is very difficult for investors to compare. The review was launched following recommendations ...

ATO issues warning ahead of tax haven crackdown

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... assets to declare their interests, ahead of a global crackdown on international tax havens. The ATO's offshore voluntary disclosure initiative, 'Project DO IT: disclose offshore income today', provides a last chance opportunity for those who haven't ...

netwealth improves tech features for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... the statement of advice and the account snapshot, a list of transaction, investment performance information, the fee disclosure statement and the client's details. The new enhancements also include the ability to bulk trade client shares, to view outstanding ...

Government limits general advice exemption in FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... The bill also introduced the removal of the opt-in requirement, the removal of the retrospective application of fee disclosure statements and the removal of the "catch all" definition of the advisers' best interest duty under section 961B(1) of the Corporations ...

Industry asked for views on managed investment schemes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... Areas it focused on were: the possibility of providing a statutory buy-back procedure similar to that for companies; a disclosure policy that would "best achieve information needs" for clients, while "avoiding undue administrative burdens"; and the issue ...

Women on boards have no influence in performance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... gender started to matter less to shareholders after the beginning of the GFC and, especially, after the start of the ASX disclosure requirements in 2010. "Now, more women are likely to be appointed to ASX200 companies, but shareholders associate these ...