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AIMA aims for greater hedge fund disclosure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... to take the guidelines into account in their documentation, such as the information memorandum or product disclosure statement," Ivey said. With approximately 80 per cent of Australian hedge fund managers AIMA members, Ivey expected them to be widely ...

The miseducation on research

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
Fallout from recent high profile collapses among property-based investment groups such as Westpoint, Fincorp, ACR and Bridgecorp, and now with Basis Capital, highlights that investors sometimes don't quite understand the role research plays in helping ...

Absolute Capital suspends redemptions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
Hedge fund manager Absolute Capital posted a notice on its website yesterday saying that it had "closed" its flagship fund, the $200 million Absolute Capital Yield Strategies Fund. The Yield Strategies Fund is an investor in the structured credit market ...

Most finance executives support ESG reporting

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
A survey of senior finance industry executives reveals that the economy-wide costs of ignoring sustainability issues such as climate change outweigh the costs of addressing it, but they believe more industry and national leadership is needed. The research ...

ASIC review to streamline IDPS rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
... investments they access directly. But they also argue that the IDPS itself may not require its own Product Disclosure Statement. They have also proposed that if the adviser already has a Financial Services Guide (FSG) that they should be able to use ...

Insurance made easier for associations and clubs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... ASIC is also consulting with the industry on proposals for technical relief for insurers from the product disclosure statement provisions, when a person to be covered under a group insurance product would have acquired the product as a wholesale client ...

Govt proposes shorter PDS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
The Federal Government has released draft regulations from the Corporations and Financial Services Regulation Review showcasing a simplified corporate and financial services regulatory system, potentially resulting in abbreviated product disclosure ...

Time to look at Gen Xers

... none of 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 ...

CBA fin services firing on all cylinders

... online, 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 ...

Centro targets SMSFs with lower min investment

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... the 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 ...