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CHOICE, ISN hit back at associations aspersions

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... hands of the union-controlled industry super funds for the benefit of the Labor Party," he said. Yet Mack asks how disclosing a bill to a client to pay for your services would kill off a small business. "This disclosure provision is not complex. It is ...

Super funds need modern platforms to disclose holdings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds worried about the cost of disclosing their portfolio holdings need to ditch their old legacy platforms, one of the world's biggest platform providers said yesterday. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) this ...

Super funds want a cost-benefit analysis on disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds want a cost-benefit analysis done on the merits of disclosing their investments in response to a new push by the corporate regulator for greater transparency in the industry. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Super funds to provide standard risk measure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... trustees to issue a warning to members because this is a blunt tool, but it is a tool," said Graus. The start date for disclosing risk on a standardised basis coincides with the government's shorter product disclosure statement regime.

ESG failings impacting super investments

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... their investment models to include ESG risk, at the moment that is difficult for these managers as companies aren't disclosing," ACSI chief executive, Ann Byrne, told Financial Standard. "There is willingness on behalf of the super funds and the investment ...

ASIC moves to protect OTC retail investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... products they trade. It put in place a model to address four aspects impacting investors: ensuring client suitability, disclosing counterparty-risk, stewardship of client monies and practices where issuers make margin calls on clients.

Planners needle minister over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... Act focused on licensing requirements and disclosure - principles that FOFA improved on. "We no longer accept that disclosing conflicts of interest is an appropriate way to address the fact that advice can be distorted by incentives," he said. "We also ...

Less paperwork, less compliance risk: CCH

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... Another one is the way that leases are reported," said Evans. Meanwhile, ASIC has released a draft regulatory guide on disclosing non-conforming financial information. The body is concerned about an increase in the use of financial information in public ...

ASIC cracks down on CFD trading

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... an "if not, why not" basis. ASIC's model will address four aspects impacting investors: ensuring client suitability, disclosing counterparty-risk, stewardship of client monies and practices where issuers make margin calls on clients. The benchmark draws ...

More disclosure pose unintended risks

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... strategy," Nugent said. Among other findings, the study conducted by Centre for Corporate Governance at UTS, revealed that disclosing information to shareholders on strategic skills and planning of boards remains a challenge for Australia's top companies. ...