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Aus Ethical overhauls website and PDS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
Australian Ethical Investment has revamped its product disclosure statement (PDS) and website to cut paper use while still providing adequate information to investors. The new managed funds guide and website includes the fund manager's new branding ...

CEOs pay steady despite GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... to provide a detailed summary of performance conditions for senior executive pay but most companies provided vague disclosure that did not give any information on how pay was linked to performance. In the absence of such disclosure it is hard to avoid ...

ASIC reviews prospectus disclosure of CRAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... whether to withdraw current class order relief that allows issuers of investment products to cite credit ratings in disclosure documents without the consent of credit rating agencies," the regulator said in a statement. Currently a class order provides ...

Govt announces short selling disclosure timeline

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
The federal government expects to release short selling disclosure requirements in the next month, eight months after the government passed the Bill. A spokesperson for Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law ...

Barclays owns 5pc stake in Challenger

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... actually bought 5 per cent in the last week or month - it would have been over time," he said. The ASX statement followed disclosure procedure that requires listed companies to announce when a firm buys a 5 per cent or bigger stake in their companies. ...

Price of banning commissions will be high: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... unlikely that the benefits would exceed the costs." Treasury was also dismissive of industry attempts to shorten their disclosure documents and the industry's continual preference to opt for excessively long and complex documents. "Any attempt to shorten ...

ASIC slaps six year ban for MIS fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... services business while not being the holder of an Australian financial services licence, and did not provide a product disclosure statement in connection with making offers to retail clients to issue interests in the managed investment scheme. In addition ...

APRA launches data revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... ROR - return of retirement assets. In publishing the data to the extent it has, the prudential regulator has taken disclosure in Australia to unprecedented levels and in so doing have dismissed most of the criticisms thrown at them by retail fund interest ...

Planner remuneration disclosure isn't working: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... indictment of the contempary policy of relying on consumers to take responsibility for their investment decisions through disclosure and transparency provisions, ASIC said, "Disclosure appears to be an ineffective tool to overcome these conflicts of ...

Govt aids anti-predatory lending laws

GOVT ANNOUNCEMENT  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... extension for all credit providers to comply to additional requirements, including changes to paper and online-based disclosure documents. "In transitioning the State and Territory Uniform Consumer Credit Code into the new National Credit Code, substantial ...