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End choice dashboard delay: AIST

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) is pressuring government to make super funds disclose the performance of choice products. In a submission to ASIC, AIST opposed the regulator's proposal to defer the requirement for super funds ...

FSC offers guidance on divesting Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... Russian sanctions imposed by the Government," FSC chief executive Blake Briggs said. "The guidance supports superannuation trustees implement sanctions, cease new investments, and divest from Russian assets. By providing guidance, we aim to ensure that ...

ASIC extends relief for retirement estimates

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
ASIC has extended the relief for superannuation trustees who give their members retirement estimates as part of their periodic statements. The existing relief has been extended for a period of nine months, which the regulator said will allow superannuation ...

Not enough Budget for women: Industry

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... also agreed not increasing the LISTO would be detrimental for women. Finally, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) also labelled the Budget a missed opportunity for women, saying the government has failed to improve retirement outcomes ...

Action on super gap slow, small

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... suggested for more than a decade. Financial Standard archives show that in 2008 the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) was lobbying government to mandate super be paid on paid maternity leave. Going into this year's election, it is ...

Remembering Helen Hewett

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... she became executive officer of the Industry Funds Forum which merged with the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees in 2017. It was while heading the IFF that Hewett - a staunch advocate for suicide prevention and members' mental health ...

ASIC consults on refreshing PDSs, FSGs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... the changes includes making relief in instruments that relate to shorter PDSs and PDS obligations for superannuation trustees, IDPS operators and responsible entities of IDPS-like schemes into one new instrument. Stakeholders from superannuation trustees ...

Retirement Income Covenant, CCIV reforms pass

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... "Instead, strategies are expected to evolve and develop over time, and it has always been expected that superannuation trustees should consider the retirement needs of their members. The covenant codifies this existing expectation," she said. Given that ...

Economics Committee to examine rainy day funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... decisions made by Parliament are not easily and carelessly overturned. "The committee would like to know how superannuation trustees could fund their penalties, and ways to do so that do not put member's funds at risk or increase their fees," he ...

AIST, MetLife tackle underinsurance issue

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
MetLife and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees have joined forces to raise awareness about the importance of group insurance in a bid to tackle the underinsurance problem. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck told Financial Standard ...