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Macquarie launches lending website

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... prices updates and loan portfolio information. In addition, the website allows advisers to order product disclosure statements and brochures. Peter van der Westhuyzen, Macquarie Investment Lending division director, said, "We know the internet is increasingly ...

Cut PDS to less than 20 pages: study

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... commissioned by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has revealed that superannuation product disclosure statements (PDS) under 20 pages long are the most effective way to present information to investors. The research conducted by ...

From PDS doorstoppers to digests

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
In line with new government rules calling for shorter product disclosure statements, ING Australia has reduced the size of its PDSs for OneAnswer and OneCare products by 33 per cent. In August last year, the Federal Government legislated PDSs could ...

TFNs available online: ING

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... pass on TFNs. In September last year, Employer Super, underwent significant modifications to reduce product disclosure statements, extend income protection cover and cap fees.

The miseducation on research

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... management interrogation, including capacity, track record, governance and public documents such as product disclosure statements, trust deeds, financial accounts etc," said Cruickshank. Independent research reports should therefore be used in conjunction ...

Absolute Capital suspends redemptions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... Strategies Fund NZD. No withdrawal request received on or after July 22 will be processed. The funds' product disclosure statements have been withdrawn for the period of withdrawal suspension. Joubert said there had been only a few redemption requests ...

Most finance executives support ESG reporting

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... Commission should provide some form of guidance in this reporting. Sixty per cent also agreed that Product Disclosure Statements should describe how investment products treat these issues. Unsurprisingly, a huge majority - 93 per cent - agreed industry ...

Govt proposes shorter PDS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... simplified corporate and financial services regulatory system, potentially resulting in abbreviated product disclosure statements (PDS). While current regulations require a PDS to be extremely data heavy, often with overlapping information and sometimes ...

ASIC clearing guidlines will segment the service chain

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
Superannuation clearing house providers will now have to provide employers with product disclosure statements (PDS) after a recent Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) review found that they fall under the financial services licensing ...

Industry funds warn on master trust switching

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... product disclosure statement. "Master trusts claim they offer lower fees than those published in their product disclosure statements. We call on them, or the regulator, to prove these claims through a public audit process, with full, random audits of ...