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Statewide chair collects AIST Trustee of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... collected the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Trustee of the Year. Presented the award at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Adelaide, AIST president Angela Emslie said it was great recognition in Brown's home city. ...

Consumer (un)confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... conditions suggests the economy will continue to expand at a moderate pace in the near-term." This is how the Conference Board summed up the result of its consumer confidence survey for February. The headline index dropped to a reading of 92.2 in February ...

ASFA chief executive Vamos to step down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... influencing policy, lifting industry standards through our learning programs, delivering our renowned world-class annual Conference and engaging with other pension systems globally. "Whilst this has been a hard decision, it has been made easier knowing ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... the preservation rules mean that access to their super is many decades away," the submission said. Speaking at press conference in Hobart yesterday, Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer rejected the idea that super fund choice is a bad idea. "Your superannuation ...

Government releases final risk reforms package

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... the reduction of the clawback period as a positive step. "In an electronic poll held at our recent National Adviser Conference in Cairns our Members indicated almost unanimously that three-year clawback was the greatest issue in the reforms," she noted. ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... are generic funds and seven funds are specifically designed for particular large employers. At the AIST investment conference in September, CREATE-Research chief executive Professor Amin Rajan said lifecycle superannuation funds are gaining traction ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... they are also not thinking about adding to staffing levels. But we don't need our imaginations for this, the Conference Board's latest consumer confidence survey -- the index dropped to 97.6 in October from 102.6 in the previous month (downwardly revised ...

Regulation is not the only answer: Herbert Smith Freehills

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... the reason super is expensive, it's the reason for poor performance," Donald continued. During a session at the FSC Conference, he explained that deciding what to allow the market to take care of is a real philosophical problem and an intellectual debate. ...

Murray slams "silly suggestions"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... made the arguments put forward by all sides pretty weak," he said during an entertaining break-out session at the FSC Conference. "The people that claim for-profit is bad have to [declare] what set of interests are being protected if they are arguing ...

Frydenberg slams modern awards as poorly-conceived

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... "poorly-conceived" selection process of default superannuation funds. Speaking at the Financial Services Council (FSC) annual conference he said: "Opening the superannuation market to competition will require consideration of an alternative to the current ...