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More bang for bucks with industry super funds

New research reveals that industry super funds delivered better performance for members in all sectors of the superannuation industry. The research, commissioned by Industry Fund Services (IFS) and undertaken by Rainmaker Information, showed that in ...

Slow death of annual reports: CSA

A recent survey has found that the number of investors reading annual reports is on the decline, suggesting company shareholders are either getting their information elsewhere or are 'voting with their feet'. A survey by Chartered Secretaries Australia ...

New guide to short and sweet PDS

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has finally issued an industry guide in an attempt to clean up 'over-disclosure' and keep the message short and sweet. The draft policy statement, Better prospectus disclosure, gives advice ...

EIA launches SRI accreditation scheme

The Ethical Investment Association (EIA) has launched its accreditation symbol for socially responsible investment (SRI) products. The new accreditation scheme and logo however is not an SRI rating but rather its an endorsement by the EIA that an SRI ...

Industry funds continue to outperform

Industry funds, boosted by lower average fees and investment outperformance in their diversified options, continue to add more member net benefits on average than master trusts, according to research just released by Industry Funds Services. The research ...

Host-Plus accepts undertaking from ASIC

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has accepted an enforceable undertaking from the trustee of the Host-Plus superannuation fund, Host-Plus Pty Ltd (Host-Plus). The enforceable undertaking relates to future projections outlined in ...

Challenger gets serious about infrastructure

... infrastructure assets. "At this point, no decision has been made to proceed with such an offering and no Product Disclosure Statement has been authorised. Challenger has appointed JP Morgan and Citigroup to advise it in respect of any possible offering," ...

Watchdogs to recruit trustees for data collection

The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) has written to superannuation trustees to enlist their assistance in collecting fees and charges data which will in turn be published by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ...

Interim relief for super fund product disclosure extended

Superannuation trustees will now not have to satisfy the product disclosure requirements of s1012IA of the Corporations Act 2001 until 30 June 2006. The development comes after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) decided to extend ...

Centro slashes investment limits on direct property fund

... in order to broaden investor access to the product. The reduced investment level is part of a new Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) effective as of yesterday May 5, 2005. The new PDS also includes a drop in the buy spread from 3.5 per cent to 2.5 per ...