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Bowen and Cormann at odds over adviser enshrinement

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... Act." "If we're successful at this election, our priority will be to abolish opt-in, to fix up the costly additional disclosure requirements imposed by Labor and make all the other changes to FoFA that we've already announced," Cormann added. Less than ...

J.P. Morgan launches APRA reporting service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... classified in-line with APRA's new standards. It also includes the Custodial Oversight Library and the Enhanced Tool Disclosure. Finally, it includes 'Enhanced Performance Tools', which calculate standard risk measure, risk analytics, and stress testing. ...

Investor confidence drives advice growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... (FoFA) reforms. Advisers said that the top five challenges relate to administering client opt-ins, administering fee disclosure requirements, and the compliance burden arising from FoFA. "In previous years' studies planners were more concerned about ...

Hybrids must better convey risk: ASIC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... issuance and popularity of hybrids by working with issuers and their advisers, as gatekeepers, to help improve prospectus disclosure and ensure selling messages are not misleading. "But there is more work to be done and we will investigate any reports ...

Super funds should use soft power, not quotas to fix gender equality

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... said. Cate Wood, national chair of Women in Super who is also AIST president, said funds should build these gender disclosure and equality requirements into their outsourcing processes when selecting service providers as this will encourage the business ...

FoFA FDS uncertainty remains

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... needs more changes to eliminate grey areas, but any modifications will have to be legislated to be meaningful. Fee disclosure statements (FDS) are one of the main issues of concern for financial advisers, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) manager ...

Stronger Super transparency rules too stringent: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... transparency requirements associated with the Stronger Super reforms, including the product dashboard, portfolio holdings disclosure requirements, and Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) requirements. In a submission to the Treasury, the peak body representing ...

Investors demand more clarity on carbon exposures

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... holdings so investors can assess their position in relation to environmental issues, according to the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP). The independent, not-for-profit organisation's stated aim is to protect members' retirement savings from the ...

New dark pool transparency rules introduced

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... consultation by ASIC. The rules, which were refined following industry consultation by the regulator, include public disclosure of information so that market users can understand how their orders may be handled and executed. They require details on the ...

Industry asks for stronger consultation after elections

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... about issues such as "grandfathering, planners registering to the Tax Practitioners Board or the streamlining of fee disclosure statements."