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Shorter PDSs are go

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
Regulations to allow shorter 'incorporation by reference' product disclosure documents (PDSs), introduced in April by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Chris Pearce, have come into force today. Originally introduced as part of a wider reform ...

Super choice overwhelms women

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... retirement, she said more positive role models were needed. Susan Ryan, president of AIST, agreed, saying marketing material and PDS's should contain more personal success stories. "Women like stories and communication and relationships," she said. Pointing ...

Yes to commissions, no to shelf fees

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
The joint parliamentary committee on corporations and financial services has delivered a 266-page report arguing against the removal of commissions on super products but calling for greater transparency and the removal of shelf fees. Tabled in parliament ...

Never mind the length, look at the readability

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
Despite recent debate over PDS readability, 60 per cent of super fund members do read their PDS's, according to new research conducted by Investment Trends for the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). In the research, investors who ...

PDS more popular online: Vanguard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
More than 50 per cent of Vanguard's retail investors are now choosing to download their PDS rather than request a print version, according to head of marketing, Colin Bold. "In some months more recently, we've had actually up to 60 per cent," he said. ...

Government offers industry the simple life

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
... regulatory and compliance burdens on the financial services industry, with companies no longer having to produce a prospectus or PDS for issues of quotes securities or interests in managed schemes. Statements of advice will only be required for clients ...

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 ...