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Government must not mandate products for super members: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia said the AIST supports more flexibility around retirement product development but the federal government should not be mandating particular products for super members. Opening ...

Super doing its job: Actuaries Institute

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
The superannuation system is doing its job, a newly published white paper from the Actuaries Institute has concluded, but Financial System Inquiry chair David Murray argues it must be removed from political intervention. The new paper, 'For Richer or ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... until he eventually got an interview, where he was told to get a certificate in financial markets from the Securities Institute. Studying took him two years and led him to an administrative position at Adviser Investment Services. "An adviser would say ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... short leave. And then, the drunken sailor goes back to the boat and has lost all of its money," BlackRock Investment Institute global chief investment strategist Ewen Cameron Watt says. Shanghai-listed A-shares were the world's best performing asset ...

Frydenberg relaxed about SMSF borrowing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... signal that SMSF borrowing arrangements are unlikely to come under fire in upcoming tax reviews. In a speech to the Tax Institute, the Assistant Treasurer spoke widely about the parliament's tax and financial services reviews, including that, as part ...

SMSF Association appoints independent director

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... of Economics, was admitted as a CA in 1992 and advanced to a Fellow in 2013. She is also a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Super governance changes questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... lawyers reviewing proposed super governance legislation. A paper prepared by Hall and Wilcox Lawyers for the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) suggests existing regulation is sufficient as there are already clear obligations for ...

Australian managers most focused on ESG

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... when it comes to making investment decisions. A global CFA survey of investment professionals found that 78% of CFA Institute members in the Asia Pacific region consider ESG issues. Investors from Europe, the Middle East and Africa region ranked lower ...

Senate inquiry into gender retirement income gap launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... superannuation system; and the adequacy of the main sources of retirement income for women. Earlier this year the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) supported the inquiry. AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said the current Tax Inquiry ...

Empire State bombs out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... the state of the manufacturing sector in New York State and while it has a positive correlation with the broader US Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing survey, a walk back in history shows that the regional surveys - such as the Empire ...