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Vocus founder partners to launch new fund manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
The founder and former chief executive of listed business telco provider Vocus Communications has launched an asset management firm. James Spenceley formed Vocus in 2008; in September last year, it merged with M2 Group to become a major $3 billion player ...

Centuria settles technology park deal

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... cornerstone tenant, NICTA, has also signed a new 10-year lease, doubling the five-year lease term anticipated in the fund's PDS. According to Jason Huljich, chief executive of Centuria Unlisted Property Funds, both the fund subscription and leasing results ...

Fund managers not ready to enter new MIT tax regime

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... systems and processes need to be updated. Investment funds will, most likely, need to amend trust deeds, constitutions and PDS documents to account for the new principles and terminology in the AMIT rules. "Most investment funds will need to amend their ...

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 ...

ASIC issues digital disclosure guidance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... with ever increasing numbers of people transacting digitally," he added. "The changes mean product disclosure statements (PDS) and other financial services disclosure documents will be delivered to consumers digitally as the default option, unless the ...

Small cap fund opens to retail investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... Opportunities Fund is now open to a wider range of retail investors after the manager developed a product disclosure statement (PDS) for the fund. Managed by Phoenix Portfolios, the fund launched in 2011 with seed capital from Cromwell. At the time ...

Media Super doubles investment menu

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... option. The expanded Media Super menu range of diversified and sector options was launched last October while the life cycle PDS was issued only last month. In a statement issued at the time, Media Super said: "The new range provides a mix of assets ...

ASFA supports ASIC electronic disclosure consultation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The Association of Super Funds Australia (ASFA) has expressed its support for the ideas discussed in ASIC Consultation Paper 224 - Facilitating electronic financial services disclosures. It argued that ASIC facilitating electronic disclosure will assist ...

Government explains Challenger annuity mix-up

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... years. A spokesman for Challenger told Financial Standard: "The Care Annuity's liquidity features were clear from the draft PDS supplied to the DSS in 2012.A The product hasn't changed since then.A Care's customers are ACAT-assessed very elderly people ...

Misleading PDS costs NAB $10,200

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
Making potentially misleading statements in a product disclosure statement (PDS) has seen National Australia Bank (NAB) get a $10,200 penalty from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The regulator was concerned that the PDS ...