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ASIC concerned about PDS font size, consumer warnings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... Investments Commission (ASIC) is concerned that some providers are adapting to the new shorter product disclosure statement (PDS) by reducing the font size and has solved the issue by establishing the minimum font size at 9 points. In a review of a number ...

ASIC puts stop order on misleading Trilogy PDS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has put interim stop orders on the product disclosure statements (PDSs) for Trilogy Monthly Income Fund and Trilogy Melbourne Office Syndicate - Cheltenham, over concerns of the relevance of ...

Stronger Super transparency rules too stringent: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... 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 said that ...

ASIC urged to extend 'wet signatures' exemption

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... 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 to funds, according to Calastone's managing ...

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
... 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 shorter PDS ...

Managed accounts set for an overhaul

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... so on," he said. "We made a conscious decision to have an RE license that allowed us to put Product Disclosure Statements (PDS) in front of our entire managed accounts platform." Meanwhile, the Institute of Managed Accounts Provider (IMAP) said the paper ...

New approved audit forms now available

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... risk management frameworks as required under SPS 220 Risk Management," they said. The form also takes into account Short Form PDS - Incorporation of new provisions under the Corporations Regulations 2001 for the shorter PDS regime for superannuation ...

ASIC extends shorter PDS regime relief

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
ASIC has extended interim class order relief from the shorter PDS regime for multi-funds, superannuation platforms and hedge funds. Originally due to expire on 22 June 2013, the Class Order [CO 12/1592] extends the relief in Class Order [CO 12/749] ...

New hedge fund rules for post-GFC environment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... decides where a firm falls in terms of the new product disclosure regime, which has shortened product disclosure statements (PDS) for some products to eight pages. Hedge funds have been left out of the shorter PDS regime due to their complexities. "Hedge ...