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Magellan next gen boutique

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... while they are already working with regulators to expand their financial services license. Planning has even commenced on a PDS through which they may offer three sector specialist funds, a high conviction global fund and a global equities fund to the ...

Asteron launches Lifeguard range with market-first PDS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2007
... range of life insurance policies, showcasing reduced prices, four new options and a market-first compact "reference to web" PDS. The new range includes cancer cover, a pregnancy premium waiver, premium-free child cover and partial-payment TPD. "Asteron's ...

Govt proposes shorter PDS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... simplified corporate and financial services regulatory system, potentially resulting in abbreviated product disclosure statements (PDS). While current regulations require a PDS to be extremely data heavy, often with overlapping information and sometimes ...

Time to look at Gen Xers

... the marketing, promotion and product development done today caters for them. "Look at these product disclosure statement (PDS), do you really think they're going to read this?" he said. Pape said one way super funds can reach the Gen Xers is to provide ...

CBA fin services firing on all cylinders

... the loan approval process would generally be confirmed within 48 hours and there is only one product disclosure statement (PDS) and application needed for both FirstChoice Investments and FirstChoice Margin Lending. Another plus for FirstChoice users ...

Centro targets SMSFs with lower min investment

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... DPF and from 1.8 per cent to 1.0 per cent for the DPF. The changes are detailed in an updated product disclosure statement (PDS). "The recent changes will assist direct investors, particularly self-managed super funds, to access the funds which now have ...

Time to talk about asset classes: MTAA Super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... really matter what the actual 'asset class' is? "We are becoming 'asset class agnostic'. But it's hard to explain this in a PDS," he said. According to SelectingSuper, the AAA-rated MTAA Super's default balanced option is ranked number one over three ...

Optimum gets a pre-Christmas product upgrade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
... testing and feedback. "These Optimum enhancements are in direct response to adviser feedback with the consumer testing on the PDS demonstrating Asteron's focus on end customers. We took on board all comments and have even implemented such specific requirements ...

Super fund fees are dropping: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
A research report just released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) confirms that super fund fees, especially contribution fees, are dropping. The report, Monitoring Superannuation Fees and Costs October 2005 to June 2006 ...

Absolute returns not high risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... but inconsistency in how they describe their risk weightings to researchers compared to how they disclose them to members in PDS makes it difficult to easily factor in these risk weightings changes in how investment choices should be classified. Perhaps ...