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ASIC puts stop order on misleading Trilogy PDS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has put interim stop orders on the product disclosure statements (PDSs) for Trilogy Monthly Income Fund and Trilogy Melbourne Office Syndicate - Cheltenham, over concerns of the relevance of ...

Stronger Super transparency rules too stringent: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... sensitive information. "To be clear, the FSC is not concerned with the disclosure of governing rules, Product Disclosure Statements and the most recent actuarial report for an employer arrangement to members of that arrangement," the report stated. "It ...

AQUA II exemptions unfairly favour ASX: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... illiquid assets. Only AMFS-listed funds will be exempt from the lengthy 'wet signatures' rule on product disclosure statements, making it much simpler to market their funds electronically. This, the FSC said, gives the ASX an unfair advantage. In a submission ...

Last-minute Stronger Super reprieve averts "ludicrous situation"

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... until 31 December 2013. The second reprieve regards new content requirements, including fees, for Product Disclosure Statements for super and managed investments, which have been deferred until 31 December 2013 and 1 July 2014 respectively. The Australian ...

ASIC urged to extend 'wet signatures' exemption

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... Investment Commission (ASIC) should consider extending its relief of the need for 'wet signatures' on product disclosure statements (PDS) for the ASX Managed Funds Service (AMFS) to the wider industry to increase access to funds, according to Calastone's ...

AQUA II poses a challenge to wraps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... alternative to big platforms, the AMFS will be exempt from regulations demanding 'wet signatures' on product disclosure statements (PDSs). This will strengthen the position of smaller investors looking to invest in simple managed funds, but who also ...

Managed accounts set for an overhaul

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... and so on," he said. "We made a conscious decision to have an RE license that allowed us to put Product Disclosure Statements (PDS) in front of our entire managed accounts platform." Meanwhile, the Institute of Managed Accounts Provider (IMAP) said the ...

Online tool for evaluating super

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... government funds. Holding a comprehensive range of fund publications in one place - including include Product Disclosure Statements, Supplementary Product Disclosure Statements, Annual Reports, Insurance Booklets and Investment Booklets - the tool's ...

Standard Risk Measure misleading

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... the risk measure initiative. The Standard Risk Measure (SRM) was adopted for all new super fund product disclosure statements issued after June 2012. It requires super funds to state the likely number of negative annual returns a fund will experience ...

New hedge fund rules for post-GFC environment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... then decides where a firm falls in terms of the new product disclosure regime, which has shortened product disclosure statements (PDS) for some products to eight pages. Hedge funds have been left out of the shorter PDS regime due to their complexities. ...