PDS

Financial planning

In the last four exams, the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has acknowledged that advice documentation is a problem area with exam performance. ...

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Superannuation

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has welcomed the Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s announcement with regards to a longer transition pe...

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Financial planning

NAB has paid $10,200 in fines after ASIC found the bank made misleading statements in its annuity term deposit PDS....

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Policy & Regulation

Deloitte argues that FOFA taken together with other initiatives suggests the regulatory pendulum has swung too far....

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Financial planning

Super funds have received a deadline extension to 1 July 2015 for compliance with fee and cost disclosure requirements....

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC should outsource PDS approvals to an independent research panel funded by planner levy. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC considers allowing managed investment schemes to be automatically registered, with non-compliant schemes regulated by stop-orders....

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Financial planning

The financial services regulator has granted an extension on interim class order relief from the shorter product disclosure statement (PDS) regime. ...

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Funds management

ASIC has provided relief for mFund settlement Service clients through a class order. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has released updated guidelines on its shorter Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) push, reminding superannuation providers to detail cooling-off periods and costs. ...

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Funds management

ASIC consultation brings ASX platform a step closer but narrows its focus....

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Financial planning

As it continues its discussions with industry, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended the commencement of upcoming disclosure benchmarks...

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Funds management

Structured products such as derivatives have yet to recover from recent market impacts with the sector having been reduced from $4 billion to $1 billion in recent years d...

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Funds management

Proposed fund disclosure requirements for hedge funds have industry support, but experts say that the guidelines should extend to all complex investment schemes and that ...

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Financial planning

In an effort to meet the Federal Government's short-form product disclosure statement (PDS) reforms, MLC has released simpler short-form documents for three of its leadin...

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