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Westpac fined over misleading statements on annuity product

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission issued two infringement notices regarding the product disclosure statement (PDS) and other promotional material. Westpac potentially misled consumers by representing that the interest rate was calculated ...

Research houses to blame for advice catastrophes: AIOFP

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... market stakeholder funding research houses to avoid massive conflicts of interest and distortions with the true quality of a PDS and its manufacturer." It suggested that advisers fund a panel of research houses that would examine new product disclosure ...

Consumers reluctant to use online advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... this information online and 7% doing it offline. The survey also showed that consumers read product disclosure statements (PDS) online (21%) more than they do on paper (15%). As many as 75% of Australians were open to conducting wealth management online ...

ASIC extends short PDS relief

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended interim class order relief from the shorter product disclosure statement (PDS) regime for multi-funds, superannuation platforms and hedge funds. A class order has extended the relief which was ...

ASIC concerned about PDS font size, consumer warnings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... Investments Commission (ASIC) is concerned that some providers are adapting to the new shorter product disclosure statement (PDS) by reducing the font size and has solved the issue by establishing the minimum font size at 9 points. In a review of a number ...

ASIC puts stop order on misleading Trilogy PDS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has put interim stop orders on the product disclosure statements (PDSs) for Trilogy Monthly Income Fund and Trilogy Melbourne Office Syndicate - Cheltenham, over concerns of the relevance of ...

Stronger Super transparency rules too stringent: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... 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 the retail side of the super sector said that ...

ASIC urged to extend 'wet signatures' exemption

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... Commission (ASIC) should consider extending its relief of the need for 'wet signatures' on product disclosure statements (PDS) for the ASX Managed Funds Service (AMFS) to the wider industry to increase access to funds, according to Calastone's managing ...

AQUA II poses a challenge to wraps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
The launch of the ASX Managed Funds Service (AMFS) - informally known as AQUA II - may be on the horizon following the release of a consultation paper by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Widely seen as an alternative to big ...

ASIC to accept submissions for 'hedge fund' definition

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... 1, 2014, the transitional relief to hedge fund issuers that had previously issued a shorter product disclosure statement (PDS) on or before 22 June 2012. Last December, ASIC extended to June 22, 2014, the interim class order relief from the shorter PDS ...