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Better insurance for WA LGSP

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... insurance. The fund had sent out letters to members explaining the changes, along with a copy of the new product disclosure statement.

BT upgrades insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... four and 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 ...

AXA ramps up group insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... technological 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 ...

PDS notices to go online: ASIC

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... ramping up its presence in the web sphere with new legislations requiring all notifications about a product disclosure statement to be lodged online starting early next year. From 1 January 2009 notifications to ASIC about a PDS will need to be made ...

AMP saves more in pension

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... Refresh, the total amount saved come retirement could go up by an additional $115,136. The combined Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) for the all-in-one account has been reduced from a 212-page tome to a more digestible 36 pages, with additional details ...

MLC locks premium rates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
MLC is locking its insurance level premium rates for the next five years and refreshing its product disclosure statements in its latest endeavour to draw fresh clients. MLC confirmed at its Insurance Forum today that the guarantee applies to new clients ...

AIMA and IFSA respond to temp shorting ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
Hedge fund industry body AIMA is meeting today to discuss how ASIC's new shorting rules will impact Australian hedge funds while IFSA is due to release a statement about how the changes could affect redemptions and existing investment mandates. AIMA's ...

IRESS upgrades service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
IRESS' next upgrade is providing financial planners with easier access to alternative income streams such as mortgage broking and the ability to create a statement of advice across all investment platforms faster. The firm's next update, version 130 ...

ASFA proposes asset classification standards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
A background paper on how super funds should classify assets in their diversified investment options, prepared by the Association of the Super Funds of Australia (ASFA), has recommended funds and research groups standardise how they classify assets ...

Is offshore investment necessary?

A Financial Standard analysis on the correlation between the Australian and US equity markets shows there is a strong connection between the two bourses and that the relationship has grown stronger over the past 12 months. While the Financial Standard ...