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Industry slams Future Fund disclosure exemption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... creating initiatives in Australia and supporting the ongoing health of the Australian economy." Scheerlinck reiterated that AIST does support disclosure of investment information, including where it relates to unlisted assets, and has proposed a framework ...

Pain ahead for super trustees on unlisted valuations

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... how superannuation funds approached the revaluations. APRA general manager, superannuation Katrina Ellis, speaking at an AIST conference last week, said the regulator found many concerning practices by trustees on revaluation of assets even though they ...

ASIC to watch member shunting to untested super products

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... is going to be a fat chunk that potentially will remain always untested," Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) general manager advocacy Melissa Birks told ASIC and APRA at AIST's annual investment conference yesterday. "...Are you alert ...

Funds will have to guide members on SRM, LTRM

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... Chant West general manager Ian Fryer and Aware Super manager for actuarial practice Estelle Liu, at a panel moderated by AIST senior manager of policy David Haynes. Superannuation funds currently disclose SRM [usually CPI plus a percentage] to members ...

YFYS spurs half to change asset mix

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
Only half of superannuation funds will be prompted to change their investment profile as a result of the new Your Future, Your Super performance test, an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees survey shows. The poll, conducted at AIST's ...

Time to weed out dud funds: Delaney

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney told the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference while Your Future, Your Super is imperfect, poor performing super funds need to be weeded out. AustralianSuper ...

New investment model for affordable housing proposed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... government for investments in affordable housing under a new scheme, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference has heard. Appearing at the conference, Housing Action Network consultant Carrie Hamilton, Community Housing ...

Why are YFYS test scores a secret?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
At the AIST's annual investment conference, APRA general manager superannuation Katrina Ellis was asked if the regulator is keen on transparency, why it didn't publish the quantum by which MySuper products passed or failed the inaugural YFYS ...

How YFYS test will change currency investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
A panel at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference has discussed how the Your Future, Your Super test and ESG will change funds' approaches to currency. QIC head of currency Stuart Simmons said super funds could ...

Should super funds consider crypto assets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
Superannuation funds that dismiss crypto assets are at risk of underperforming, the AIST ASI Conference has heard. This is according to Genesis Block managing director Chloe White, who spoke at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees 2021 ...