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Labor opposes super trustee governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... there was an "unprecedented political intervention of APRA member Helen Rowell" who delivered a speech at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Governance Ideas Exchange Forum in Melbourne last month. The Senators said that under ...

Target date funds just 3% US retirement assets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... the US yet it comprises just 3% of their retirement system. According to figures released by the Investment Company Institute (ICI), lifecycle investment funds, referred to under the broader category of 'target date' mutual funds', amounted to US$761 ...

Super trustee bill before the Senate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... independent directors on their respective boards. The proposal has received mixed industry responses. The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) is one group supporting the bill and its managing director and chief executive John Brogden has ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... option. Darren Snyder explores this evolving market. Earlier this year a joint paper by AustralianSuper and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) suggested the nation's super system is more than four decades from maturity. The view ...

Good tidings sway RBA to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... reading of plus 9 in September, unchanged from August. Consumer confidence has also recovered. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment rose by 4.2% to 97.8 in October from 93.9 in September. While still below 100 (optimists outnumber ...

Finsia partners with Hong Kong institute

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... professionals in Hong Kong have helped establish a partnership between two industry development groups. The Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) and the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute (HKSI Institute) announced a recent agreement ...

International actuaries have consensus on retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... contributions and encourages the introduction of lifetime income guarantees or "intelligent default products." Actuaries Institute of Australia president Estelle Pearson said the paper underlines the significance of the Australian government's response ...

The power of saying no to difficult advice clients

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
Sometimes you need to refuse certain clients to grow your business. This was the message given by Multiforte director and 2014 Association of Financial Advisers Female Excellence in Advice award winner Kate McCallum. Speaking at the Association of Financial ...

AFA gives Education, Michael Murphy awards

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... of the association. The AFA's 2015 Recognition Award winners are: CommInsure's Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur, The Beddoes Institute's Rebecca Sheils, Zurich's Richard Dunkerley and IOOF's Nathan Morgan.

Beware 'apples with apples' super comparisons

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... Rainmaker Information. This week Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Helen Rowell told an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Governance Ideas Exchange Forum that on a number of occasions in the last few years ...