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Praemium preps more advisers to fee-for-service world

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... "market that we want to play in strongly". Enter SMARTwrap - Praemium's latest offering with a factory gate price of 32 bps, a PDS price of 82 bps, and a 50 bps rebate for the client when an adviser moves from commission to a fee-for-service arrangement. ...

Short form PDS gets green light

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
Super fund members can look forward to an eight-page product disclosure statement (PDS) rather than 80, as new laws announced this week kick in. The new regulations are an important step forward to a new era in disclosure for fund members, said super ...

Macquarie Life releases flexible insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... Macquarie Life Active includes different parts of a traditional policy under the one product, the product disclosure statement (PDS) is 68 pages long, 10 of which are medical definitions. Macquarie Life is also providing two versions of the PDS; one ...

HSBC funds now on IOOF platforms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... strategies, seeking to provide compelling risk-adjusted returns in all market conditions. The HSBC GH Diversified Strategy Fund PDS is available online. The HSBC Asia Select Equity Fund provides investors with exposure to some of the world's fastest ...

Ironbark buys Patriot Asset Management

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... complement our small companies strategy." Finalisation of the acquisition is expected to be complete by 30 April 2010, with a new PDS for the Ironbark Karara funds available in early May 2010. Meanwhile Standard & Poor's Fund Services has placed the ...

Debt disclosure to revive agribusiness

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Almost a year on to the day Timbercorp fell, the future of the agribusiness industry remains on shaky ground - but proposed measures demanding agribusiness operators to open their books to the public, including how much debt they owe, could renew investor ...

BlackRock SMA tops $500m

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
BlackRock's Customised Portfolio Service has reached $500 million in FUA and launched 84 investment models across 34 product disclosure statements in under five years in operation. Scott Phillips, BlackRock's director and head of retail at BlackRock ...

ASIC blocks Tankstream

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... which Tankstream is the responsible entity. In ASIC's view, Tankstream's offer documents and product disclosure statement (PDS) relating to the PPT did not adequately disclose information required under the Corporations Act (the Act). The documents did ...

AMP planners back fee for service APL

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... said the financial planning division continues to work closely with fund managers on their product disclosure statements (PDS) to ensure the network can deliver a fee-based service to clients. "They've got some changes to do and if they're going to be ...

Four pillars of a good hedge fund: Ashton

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Nick Raphaely, executive director of Ashton Advisors, which has links to the highly successful Paulson funds in the US, said Paulson's four pillars of running a solid hedge fund stems from a transparent model that focuses on independence. Raphaely comments ...