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Stronger Super transparency rules too stringent: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... Stronger Super reforms, including the product dashboard, portfolio holdings disclosure requirements, and Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) requirements. In a submission to the Treasury, the peak body representing the retail side of the super sector ...

AQUA II exemptions unfairly favour ASX: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has said that the application form relief being proposed for the ASX Managed Fund Service (AMFS) should be extended to all registered Managed Investment Schemes (MIS). Under current proposals, the AMFS - popularly ...

Last-minute Stronger Super reprieve averts "ludicrous situation"

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
While the majority of the Stronger Super reforms now apply, the government has deferred two of its last-minute measures, after many in the industry said it was impossible to comply. The first measure to be deferred is the product dashboard for MySuper ...

ASIC urged to extend 'wet signatures' exemption

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) should consider extending its relief of the need for 'wet signatures' on product disclosure statements (PDS) for the ASX Managed Funds Service (AMFS) to the wider industry to increase access ...

Ironbark acquires Deutsche AM Australia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... renamed Ironbark Asset Management Fund Services Limited. The funds will also be renamed and a new Product Disclosure Statement issued for each one. Ironbark has also lowered the minimum investment amount to $20,000 and top-ups can be made at a minimum ...

AQUA II poses a challenge to wraps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
The launch of the ASX Managed Funds Service (AMFS) - informally known as AQUA II - may be on the horizon following the release of a consultation paper by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Widely seen as an alternative to big ...

ASIC to accept submissions for 'hedge fund' definition

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... February 1, 2014, the transitional relief to hedge fund issuers that had previously issued a shorter product disclosure statement (PDS) on or before 22 June 2012. Last December, ASIC extended to June 22, 2014, the interim class order relief from the ...

Managed accounts set for an overhaul

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
For the first time in nine years, the country's financial services regulator is placing the managed accounts sector through a comprehensive review, addressing grey areas and fixing major drawbacks that have long derailed the sector's growth. Institutions ...

Former Astarra director permanently banned from fin services

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... dishonest conduct in matters such as incorrect statements made in the Astarra Strategic Fund (ASF) Product Disclosure Statement and in receiving more than $388,041 in payments outside his salary as a reward for his involvement in the investment of ASF ...

Online tool for evaluating super

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Investment research provider Lonsec, in partnership with a superannuation research company, today released the Lonsec super comparator, an online tool that allows advisers to easily compare all types of superannuation offerings. The first offering from ...