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ACSA lends weight to ASIC tech focus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... report from ASIC, the focus on technology, Straight Through Processing, operational risk management and reinforcement of disclosure obligations was well placed. The report released last month, 'Custodial and Depository Services in Australia', however ...

Portfolio Disclosure guideline released

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
A working group formed by the Financial Services Council has put together draft guidelines for portfolio disclosure in response to ASIC's call for super funds and managed funds to disclose their investments last year. The guidelines will propose that ...

AusSuper introduces new member risk framework

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... return in a twenty year time period. AustralianSuper has said in evaluating options it determined that investment risk disclosure could be further enhanced for more educated member decisions on retirement outcomes if risk was considered specifically ...

ASIC boosts Stronger Super education program

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... passage of legislation, the regulator expects to consult by the end of 2012 on a range of issues including guidance on disclosure requirements for MySuper, on self-managed super fund (SMSF) reforms and, where appropriate, on governance reforms and SuperStream ...

CYRE Trilogy, APFG still fighting

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... refused to hand over a registry to Sydney's One Investment Group. Bacon dismissed claims of hypocrisy, citing a lack of disclosure from One Investment group over their intentions and the identities of its directors. "The reason APGF has not provided ...

Treasury heavy handed on portfolio disclosure

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
Portfolio disclosure remains a contentious issue for superannuation funds, after it was first flagged in the 2010 Cooper review. It will be a major issue explored at the Financial Services Council annual conference, to be held on 1-3 August at the Gold ...

ASIC eyes off UL property

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... from investors that will be a good thing, the challenge that ASIC faces is that no matter how simple that they make disclosure, investors need to take responsibility for informing themselves about the investment." Robertson welcomed the regulatory scrutiny ...

ASIC closes in on SMSF advice firms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... offering their SMSF clients' shares in companies based in the US and the British Virgin Islands, when the appropriate disclosure documents had not first been lodged with us, the regulator said. "We understand that representations were made to SMSF clients ...

Austock bid on ice

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... into a joint venture arrangement for its Property Funds Management business. "There is no clarification or previous disclosure about whether Austock has already entered into a Heads of Agreement, due diligence or other arrangement with Folkestone," said ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... Commonwealth Bank was up 10 cents to $53.63. David Jones shares were 2.5 cents higher at $2.35 after it defended its disclosure of an unsolicited $1.65 billion takeover offer from EB Private Equity firm even though it had doubts about its credibility. ...