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New PDS cuts to the chase

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
The Federal Government's new 'incorporation by reference' rules allow enhanced communication between companies and investors, while ensuring members can access desired information faster, according to Mercer. Announced last week, the new rules mean ...

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 ...

ABN AMRO gives investors new Elixir

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
ABN AMRO has released its new Elixir II structured product, offering retail investors access to overweight portfolios of various global asset classes, enhanced participation returns and a 100 per cent capital guarantee. Designed to meet demands from ...

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 ...

AustralianSuper changes guard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
It's musical chairs time at AustralianSuper, following the departure of three directors and chairman Geoff Ashton. Ashton will be replaced by alternate director and Ai group chief executive Heather Ridout, but remain on the fund's investment committee. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is likely to open marginally higher this morning ahead of a decision today on interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia. Today's higher opening is anticipated ahead of a strong day of Wall Stret trade and a fall of ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
The bluechip S&P/ASX200 index gained 16.7 points to 6277.9, while the all ordinaries rose 14.5 points to 6302.9. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract was six points firmer at 6274 on a volume of 12,476 contracts. ...

Shorting no longer needs a tick: SEC

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
In an historic decision, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday voted 5-0 to remove an almost 70-year-old rule that banned investors from shorting stocks while the price was still falling. The vote removed the so-called 'tick test' ...

Economic round up: GDP vs. gross domestic happiness

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
There's just no pleasing some people. Consumer optimism has fallen despite another drop in unemployment and our continuing material and economic prosperity, showing that happiness is clearly not rising with our material success. According to a recent ...

Private equity good for returns, not diversity: Watson Wyatt

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
Private equity is about high long-term returns but its ability to add diversification to a portfolio is limited, according to a recent Watson Wyatt report. The Watson Wyatt Private Equity Explained report said that private equity as an asset class ...