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Aviva flies ETF flag

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... to a form of borrowing for superannuation investments." In a separate development, Aviva has also reduced the size of the PDS by 75 per cent from 67 pages to just 16 pages. "We have been able to become more environmentally friendly and save paper," said ...

Plain English works best: Suncorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... platform and product suite. Besides the writing style guide, the group also reduced the size of its product disclosure statement (PDS), limited the number of letters it sends to members yearly and took the time-consuming task of re-writing 100 letter ...

Thrift is the new cool: K2

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... said, "In the world of muted returns expectations, it is high. But that's what we wrote on our Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) four years ago and we still think it is achievable as this investment cycle matures. Besides, the fund has the advantage ...

Better service for new members: REST

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... portability. The welcome letter included prompts to encourage members to download a copy of the REST Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Financial Services Guide (FSG) from the website rather than have a paper copy sent in the mail. "Being the industry ...

Zurich upgrades insurance suite

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... more intuitive end-to-end experience for financial advisers. This update also includes a CD-ROM product disclosure statement (PDS) to allow advisers to search for specific sections easier, print off application forms and view case study video footage. ...

KBC blocks water fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... investors, they need to know the money continues to be managed in the same way as indicated in the product disclosure statement (PDS), it continues to be managed by the KBC team," he said. The KBC Global Water fund was launched to Australian retail and ...

IFSA calls for more frequent valuations of unlisted assets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... than 5 per cent. O'Shaughnessy said that they encourage IFSA members to do asset valuations outside what was set out in the PDS disclosures given to investors. The importance of IFSA's guidance notes is that while they are voluntary, some of them become ...

What a member wants

... their products and the government can adopt a more consistent approach to policy making. "All these improvement surrounding PDS disclosure, that is very much like treating members as an investor focus," said Donald. By contrast, other initiatives such ...

BT upgrades insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... reduced the amount of waiting times. BT Financial Group launched its version the short form product disclosure statement (PDS) for insurance on the Wrap platform in May. Phil Hay, BT Financial Group head of life insurance, said financial advisers must ...

AXA ramps up group insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... capabilities between the business and the broker by re-launching its website and creating a product disclosure statement (PDS) that expands and contracts depending on customer responses. The firm also hired three client relationship managers to foster ...