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AMP posts strong super and risk flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... invested significantly in new systems to produce shorter, clearer documents, including customer statements and product disclosure statements," said Dunn. This strategy reflects earlier comments from Peter Mason, chair at AMP. He said while AMP cannot ...

Plain English works best: Suncorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... superannuation platform and product suite. Besides the writing style guide, the group also reduced the size of its product disclosure statement (PDS), limited the number of letters it sends to members yearly and took the time-consuming task of re-writing ...

Thrift is the new cool: K2

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... markets, he said, "In the world of muted returns expectations, it is high. But that's what we wrote on our Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) four years ago and we still think it is achievable as this investment cycle matures. Besides, the fund has the ...

Fee disclosure for intermediaries: CalPERS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... $230 billion CalPERS is forging ahead with its investment transparency overhaul when it proposed a new policy for the disclosure of "placement agents" brokering new business and fees paid to them. A key committee of the California Public Employees' Retirement ...

James Hardie a case study on governance

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... of non-executive directors of public companies when asked by management to consider strategic matters and to approve disclosure to the market of the Board's decisions. In addition, the findings against JHIL and JHINV illustrate that in making statements ...

APRA declares hand on unlisted asset valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... executive and critic of non-transparent valuation methods, said, "Upholding the integrity and transparency of valuation and disclosure practices are important considerations in promoting market confidence." But with even IFSA's own valuation guidelines ...

Better service for new members: REST

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... enhance portability. The welcome letter included prompts to encourage members to download a copy of the REST Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Financial Services Guide (FSG) from the website rather than have a paper copy sent in the mail. "Being ...

DB super deficit rises to $25 bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
A Watson Wyatt report found defined benefit superannuation liabilities for listed Australian firms have blown out from around $2 billion to $25 billion over a six-month period to the end 2008. According to David McNeice, Watson Wyatt principal, companies ...

Gilbert to retire

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... this time, he wrote 12 committee reports including one on the implementation of the Superannuation Guarantee, greater disclosure of commissions by life insurance agents and what would later become the SIS Act. Gilbert then joined the Credit Union Services ...

AIG Australia weathering US storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... increases in sales and customer loyalty, thanks to a communications program that could raise the standard for the level of disclosure customers expect from their insurers. Rather than suffering an expected client exodus, sales figures from the Australian ...