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EQT appoints Rio Tinto super exec

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
Equity Trustees has appointed a new head of trustee services. Grant Currie joins EQT from Rio Tinto's superannuation fund, where he was principal risk and compliance officer. He joined Rio Tinto in 2012, and was also secretary to the fund's audit, risk ...

ASIC falls on fund disclosure sword

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... Sydney that discussed several regulatory issues and RG97 was high on the agenda. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees senior policy adviser Karen Volpato said the extension "will provide the industry time to collaboratively continue development ...

Super objective crucial to Commission review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... therefore retirement incomes for members." "The objectives also reflect the obligations and constraints on superannuation trustees, such as providing useful insurance to members while protecting their retirement balances," the Commission's research report ...

Global firm introduces Australian pooled funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... Taylor also said that the funds will exclude tobacco and cluster munitions manufacturers. Pzena has appointed Equity Trustees as the responsible entity of the funds and plans to launch the second Australian pooled fund - the Pzena Global Expanded Value ...

Class joins forces with bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... support SMSFs investing internationally is a continuing trend. HSBC's offering is a great example of the products that SMSF trustees are taking up and Class is thrilled to add them to our data feeds list," Bungard said. HSBC is also happy to be working ...

Shadow Treasurer slams governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... audience and met criticism from several speakers, including Bowen. Outside the governance issue, O'Dwyer said superannuation trustees are obliged to balance insurance offerings inside their respective funds as an attempt to heed the erosion of members' ...

SuperConcepts and DomaCom align

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... administration service iSaver is adding DomaCom's property fund to its platform. The partnership makes it easier for SMSF trustees and their advisers to access property investments. The fractional nature of the DomaCom fund breaks down the high cost ...

SG Hiscock hires EQT exec

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... operations. Rowena Cole was previously general manager - strategy and development, corporate trustee services at Equity Trustees. Prior to that, she was EQT's national manager, CFFS strategy and operations and national sales and distribution manager ...

Reversionary pension and CGT changes supported

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... SMSF Association managing director Andrea Slattery said the new legislation is a step towards greater certainty for SMSF trustees and their advisers. "With the legislation introduced to Parliament, SMSF trustees and their advisers can have greater certainty ...

SMSF auditor's appeal upheld

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... do not take their role seriously or adequately and meet professional standards have no place in the whole process of trustees managing their superannuation interests." Abichandani added the Australian Tax Office monitoring role of SMSF auditors is a ...