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Women-led super funds outperform, so why so few leaders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... said retail funds were excluded from the study because retail funds do not have chief executives, their trustees run multiple PDS-ed products and their executives usually work for associated service providers rather than the fund itself. Australia's ...

Confusion reigns in super and life insurance: CHOICE

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... life insurance via product dashboards. "This would save consumers the time and effort currently involved in comprehending a PDS, something which the evidence suggests is too onerous for the overwhelming majority of consumers to attempt," CHOICE said. ...

IMAP ensuring greater representation for MDAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... driver for the establishment of the committee is the different regulations that organisations offering managed accounts via a PDS must adhere to, and their tendency to have greater diversity across business models. "MDA providers have expressed enthusiasm ...

mFund to expand product offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... Service. Until now retail investors could only apply for and redeem interests in simple managed investment schemes with a shorter PDS, but a revision to the Class Order will facilitate a wider range of managed investment products to be issued and redeemed ...

SMSFs encouraged to embrace fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... "Advances in technology mean that independent intellect for asset selection no longer has to come with the costs of product and PDS manufacturing. Genuinely independent advisers can leverage investment committee expertise, have a fund manager offer a ...

ANZ improves OneCare for advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... making sure they can access benefit payments when they need them most. The bank has improved client experience with a combined PDS and policy terms document, which is written to ensure understanding products is simple and transparent. OneCare's underwriting ...

Vocus founder partners to launch new fund manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
The founder and former chief executive of listed business telco provider Vocus Communications has launched an asset management firm. James Spenceley formed Vocus in 2008; in September last year, it merged with M2 Group to become a major $3 billion player ...

Centuria settles technology park deal

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... cornerstone tenant, NICTA, has also signed a new 10-year lease, doubling the five-year lease term anticipated in the fund's PDS. According to Jason Huljich, chief executive of Centuria Unlisted Property Funds, both the fund subscription and leasing results ...

Fund managers not ready to enter new MIT tax regime

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... systems and processes need to be updated. Investment funds will, most likely, need to amend trust deeds, constitutions and PDS documents to account for the new principles and terminology in the AMIT rules. "Most investment funds will need to amend their ...

New super transparency rules spark controversy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
ASIC's updated fee and cost disclosure requirements for superannuation funds have sparked controversy among industry stakeholders. The regulator released Regulatory Guide 97 Disclosing fees and costs in PDSs and periodic statements, which includes a ...