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Aust and HK strengthen retail ties

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... Kong authorised funds with a 'conditional relief' from registration in Australia and from certain licensing, product disclosure and fund-raising requirements. The mutual recognition is extended to authorised collective investment schemes that are regulated ...

ASX listing breaches hit 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... has warned that failure to properly disclose transactions could undermine confidence in the integrity of the market. "Disclosure of directors' transactions is primarily a matter of good corporate governance, and helps maintain an informed and orderly ...

Future Fund to release quarterly public reports

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... Future Fund Management Agency general manager however explained to a Senate inquiry last week that the poor level of disclosure ranking was due to the fund being relatively new, the investment strategy still being bedded down, and concerns about how ...

Northern Trust expands reporting tools

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... $60-billion plus Future Fund, has enhanced its reporting tools to cover changes in corporate governance, financial disclosure and regulation reporting requirements of its institutional clients. The firm has introduced eight reporting templates that organises ...

Buck stops with trustees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... means they must always ask themselves the fundamental question of what is in the best interests of the fund member. Disclosure plays a key complementary role in this task as members also need to understand how their funds operate, he said. "Each fund ...

AUI and Wingate form JV

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... Spectrum Fund vote in favour of appointing AUI as Trustee at their meeting in early June, we expect to have a product disclosure statement in the market early in the new financial year," Bryant said.

Advisers change tack on life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... application process gets simpler, the easier is, the more advisers can sell," said Halbert. "It's no longer about the product disclosure statements (PDS) and how great your definitions are, it's about the total offer and that includes technology and ...

Macquarie launches lending website

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... provides share prices updates and loan portfolio information. In addition, the website allows advisers to order product disclosure statements and brochures. Peter van der Westhuyzen, Macquarie Investment Lending division director, said, "We know the ...

CommInsure halves insurance PDS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
CommInsure has reduced the product disclosure statement (PDS) of its Personal Insurance Portfolio product by half, slashing 28 pages off the document. The firm's Personal Insurance Portfolio PDS has been reduced from 56 to 28 pages and, in addition ...

Cut PDS to less than 20 pages: study

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... Research commissioned by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has revealed that superannuation product disclosure statements (PDS) under 20 pages long are the most effective way to present information to investors. The research conducted ...