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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... 1,988.44, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index fell 40.00 (0.87 per cent) to 4,552.29. Locally, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due for release. On Tuesday, The share market closed higher, breaking a run of four ...

Super fees drop as fund war rolls on

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... industry is becoming far too concentrated on fees, but members can't eat fees, they need net returns." The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia said that one strategy to lower fees is "moving to a more passive ...

Activist Simon Sheikh launches fossil fuel free super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... 'sustainable' still invest in coal and coal seam gas. In launching the new fund, Future Super cited research by The Australia Institute published last year, which found that one in four Australians are willing to shift their superannuation into a fund ...

SG frozen till 2021, industry 'dismayed'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... rather than 0.25%, reaching 12% in 2025. The superannuation industry has condemned the move across the board. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia said the Government's decision "represented a broken election promise ...

Retirement phase top issue for super in FSI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... expensive when costs are looked at in isolation, if done successfully it can result in substantial benefits. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) also emphasised the need to address the retirement phase, and called for a 'through-retirement' ...

Insurance through super saves $403 million

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... when making comparisons of the cost and expenses between superannuation and pension systems globally, as the Grattan Institute made in a recent controversial report.

Give MySuper time to work, says AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... SuperStream must be given time to work before the government considers any further changes to the system, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has said. In its submission in response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) interim ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... Wall Street continued to climb over the next four years after he blurted out those words at the American Enterprise Institute in 1996. But then again September's coming and, according to the Stock Traders' Almanac, it's the worst month of the year for ...

Actuaries Institute to advise FSI on longevity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
The Financial System Inquiry has enlisted the Actuaries Institute to advise it on possible product solutions that deal with the challenge of longevity. In its submission to the FSI, released today, the Actuaries Institute states: "The Institute is assisting ...

Research group launches adviser rating app

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... mobile app, which includes an adviser register and is part of the broader Most Trusted Advisers network. The Beddoes Institute launched the network, the register and the app yesterday in Sydney. Network membership is by invitation only and is based solely ...