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Your Super, Your Choice debate heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... consistently advocated for the removal of restrictions on superannuation choice in workplace agreements." Meanwhile, the AIST said members in the choice segment are at risk of having materially lower retirement incomes. "Choice must only be provided ...

APRA releases MySuper heat map

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... now, the heatmap is no help to the millions of consumers who are languishing in dud funds outside of the MySuper space." The AIST chief also called for a more "consumer-friendly" version of the tool to ensure members were able to make an informed decision ...

AIST finds issues with FASEA code

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... clarification on how key points of the Code of Ethics will apply to intra-fund advice. Responding to the guidance on the code, AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck wrote to Glenfield that there remains insufficient clarity on how the code will apply ...

Vale David Smith

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... Services Union, passed away suddenly on November 22. He joined the HESTA board in January 2018 and served as president of the AIST before stepping down in April 2018. Smith had over 25 years' experience in the super industry and had previously served ...

APRA begins super data transformation efforts

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... next year, with the first tranche of data collected under Phase One due for publication by late-2020. Scheerlinck said the AIST was pleased APRA had acted on its call for improvement, so the public could be "sure that for-profit providers aren't hiding ...

No one reads the PDS: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... said that members who choose outside the default system would benefit from better regulations and performance benchmarks. "AIST previously commissioned consumer research by Essential Media on how non-default members choose their super fund. The research ...

SG increase will not help women: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... (31%), Queensland (34%), New South Wales (26%), South Australia (33%), Tasmania (33%), ACT (20%) and Northern Territory (16%). AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said with an estimated 40% of single women retiring in poverty, there was an urgent need ...

MySuper not the only problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... back at newly launched consumer group Super Consumers Australia after it unleashed an attack on MySuper products yesterday. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck moved to play down the significance of the Super Consumers Australia's (SCA) comments on ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... Australia's Phil Gallagher who called the analysis "deeply flawed", the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Rice Warner's Nathan Bonarius. Treasury emails published Friday, under a freedom of information request from The ...

Big Super Day Out success, but more to be done

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... calls for more work to improve Indigenous super outcomes. Releasing its Indigenous Super Summit 2019 report this week, the AIST noted the challenges Indigenous Australians face when engaging with the super system, such as meeting basic identification ...