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Former Astarra director permanently banned from fin services

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... engaged in dishonest conduct in matters such as incorrect statements made in the Astarra Strategic Fund (ASF) Product Disclosure Statement and in receiving more than $388,041 in payments outside his salary as a reward for his involvement in the investment ...

New UK fin services watchdog polls public

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... chief executive officer designate of the FCA, said, "Transparency cannot be an end in itself. We want to make sure that disclosure helps customers make the right decisions when purchasing products and helps the market function more efficiently." Ideas ...

NGS Super lists portfolio holdings

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... online format," he said. On the whole, the majority of advisers and investors say they'd like to see greater portfolio disclosure to make better decisions about their investments. However, the issue is one of contention for fund managers who say that ...

Industry bodies welcome Code of Conduct update

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... means that advisers and licensees can focus their attention on the far more pressing issues of compliance with Fee Disclosure Statements and Conflicted Remuneration, enabling them to take the time to consider fully how they wish to be bound by a Code ...

New claimants join class action against CBA

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... expects others to follow suit. Piper Alderman partner Amanda Banton said the (open) class action relates to a case of non-disclosure around $140 million that (CBA) investors lost on synthetic collateralised debt obligations (CDO) - one of the catalysts ...

How advisers can double their business value

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... believes that these BOLR facilities were constructed at a time when retail platform margins were significantly higher and disclosure requirements in Statements of Advice were less clear about the potential conflicts these arrangements propose for planners ...

Coalition wants fund governance changes: Fletcher

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... prudential regulator that they don't have "any foreseeable conflicts of interest." It would also include mandatory disclosure of conflicts, and similar remuneration reporting requirements to those placed on publicly-listed companies. Several not-for-profit ...

Online tool for evaluating super

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... funds, and government funds. Holding a comprehensive range of fund publications in one place - including include Product Disclosure Statements, Supplementary Product Disclosure Statements, Annual Reports, Insurance Booklets and Investment Booklets - ...

Media super ups disclosure, lodges MySuper application

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... advising members of this through its half-yearly statement cycle. The fund also said it would be kicking off a new asset disclosure project that will see it regularly disclose its holdings across domestic and international shares, property, infrastructure ...

ISN welcomes financial planner fee guidance

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
Industry Super Network has welcomed fee disclosure guidance released last week by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission. Industry Super Network chief David Whiteley said that transparency around financial planner remuneration under the ...