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Budget 2018: Social media reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... strategy for members". Providers of retirement income products to "report simplified, standardised metrics in product disclosure to assist customer decision making". #Budget18 - Gerard Brody (@gerardbrody) May 8, 2018 Consumer advocate Gerard Brody highlighted ...

Baby boomers receive $259 million, pension work bonus lifted

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... The government wants providers of retirement income products to report simplified, standardised metrics in product disclosure to assist customer decision making. About 2.5 million Aussies are currently on the Age Pension. Financial Planning Association's ...

Budget paves way for retirement income framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... purchased before 1 July 2019 will be grandfathered, he said. The Government is yet to formulate retirement income product disclosure rules that outline how providers report simple, standardised information on the products. "These new rules will provide ...

S&P reaffirms Sirtex after new offer from Chinese manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... radiation treatments for liver cancer, engaged in "misleading and deceptive conduct," which involved breaching its disclosure obligations when forecasting double-digit growth for sales of its flagship product in FY17. It wasn't until December 9, the ...

InvestSMART to launch active ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... can bring 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 ...

S&P to remove ASX healthcare firm from index

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... radiation treatments for liver cancer, engaged in "misleading and deceptive conduct," which involved breaching its disclosure obligations when forecasting double-digit growth for sales of its flagship product in FY17. It wasn't until December 9, the ...

Life insurance regulation needs government backing: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... Other areas of improvement in the next iteration must focus on sales practices and advertising, and policy design and disclosure. The poll, which was conducted at the recent Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference, found more than a third ...

MDA provider makes key hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... quarter. "Internal processes and technology is in place to deliver this strategy with fund manager discussions and disclosure documents the principal key tasks to complete. Fund manager discussions are progressing in line with expectations with disclosure ...

AMP becomes class action target

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... current and former shareholders of AMP and is "in respect of alleged breaches by AMP of its obligations of continuous disclosure and alleged misleading or deceptive representations to the market concerning AMP's failure to disclose misconduct that was ...

Royal Commission bad for super: Switzer

ALEX BURKE, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... invested in bank stocks comes from these super funds. Supporting this, a 2017 Rainmaker pilot study of portfolio holdings disclosure by super funds found the big four banks were among the top 10 holdings of all participating super funds. "Where it gets ...