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ASIC drags RG97 transition period

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... The superannuation industry has another year to comply with disclosing property operating costs in product disclosure statements to 30 September 2020. For periodic statements, the deadline has been extended to 29 June 2020 in which interim arrangements ...

Poor SoAs hindering advice process

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... and should be referenced within other advice documents, such as the financial services guide and product disclosure statements," she said. "Due to the length, some advisers therefore create yet another document to explain the advice, in addition to the ...

InvestSMART to launch active ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... an "Amazon-esque" experience to financial services. Instead of having wet signatures and 200-page product disclosure statements, "You can just buy our funds on the exchange through a broker account." "Magellan did this country an enormous favour, along ...

Fidelity to launch active ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... an "Amazon-esque" experience to financial services. Instead of having wet signatures and 200-page product disclosure statements, "You can just buy our funds on the exchange through a broker account." "Magellan did this country an enormous favour, along ...

Super funds on notice over disclosure deadline

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... charges. Corporate regulator ASIC said the changes will help bring industry-wide consistency to product disclosure statements (PDSs), as well as better alignment between PDSs and periodic statements for members. "Consumers will be better able to understand ...

Super trustees on notice over fund disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... example: trustee directors' remuneration for the last two financial years, fund trust deeds and product disclosure statements, a summary of significant event notices sent to fund members in the last two years and a summary of how the trustee voted in ...

Disengaged members vulnerable in super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... the members smokes or not. ASIC also highlighted a number of key areas for improvement, including product disclosure statements, written reasons for decisions, product dashboards and other website content. "We now expect all trustees to review their ...

Life consumers influenced by premium pricing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... adviser on the other hand is fully underwritten, but requires a multi-page statement of advice and product disclosure statements consumers often don't read or understand. A policy that has limited underwriting at the time of purchase means the insurer ...

AMP Capital overhauls ESG investment strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... framework without compromising investment objectives. Divestment begins when AMP Capital updates product disclosure statements for impacted funds during 2017. External fund managers with impacted portfolios will be instructed to progressively sell down ...

CommInsure appoints independent review panel

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... definitions; the insurer is still in the process of notifying policyholders about these changes. "Our Product Disclosure Statements have been updated and we will also write to impacted policy holders by the end of June to tell them about the changes," ...