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No time for complacency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... $95 billion per annum is lent to non-financial corporations by the banks. This presents an opportunity for the super industry to step in and potentially work in partnership, Weaven added. The three-day investment conference will also focus on operational ...

Aussie super asset allocation "riskier": Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... alternatives would continue as pension funds move to diversify their investments. However, the trend of Australia's super industry investing in "riskier" assets unearthed in UBS' report fails to reflect the more conservative asset allocation ...

Future of superannuation leads FSC Summit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... clearly between organisational best interest and client best interest," he said. Cummins said the $2.6 trillion super industry must address legacy arrangements; duplication of accounts; erosion of account balances; and fees disclosures in order to be ...

Super industry critiques PC draft report

KARREN VERGARA AND STEPHEN FAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
Influential superannuation industry stakeholders had the opportunity to respond to the Productivity Commission's draft report at a public hearing held in Sydney this morning. Challenger retirement income chair Jeremy Cooper said he welcomed Draft ...

Super scorecard to shift consumer playing field

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... accumulating super balances that will make a meaningful difference to retirement and there's a need for the super industry to do more to help them spend down their money safely with cash flows that last for life," he said. For the top 10 industry ...

Peak bodies join forces over due diligence

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... chief executive Eva Scheerlinck added that by adopting a collective approach to operational due diligence, the super industry and its members would save millions. APRA acknowledged the initiatives of the two peak bodies in its most recent Insight publication. ...

Open banking data to become super fund value add: QMV

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... move to integrate open banking data to improve their services even before open data frameworks officially hit the super industry. Super funds will be the "next logical step" after open banking has been implemented in banking services, utilities and telecommunications ...

Increasing SG is not the answer: O'Dwyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... is something that should be top of mind in a historically low-wage growth environment. She also hit back at the super industry that's "often very quick to point out that the only way that people can achieve higher incomes in retirement is by compelling ...

Super industry wants tougher insurance code

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
Industry stakeholders expect 90% of Australia's superannuation funds to sign the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice before March 31, despite its several shortcomings. ANZ, AustralianSuper, MLC, MTAA Super, REST Industry Super and ...

Trustee of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck labelling her a very deserving winner who has made a huge contribution to the super industry. Emslie is currently independent chair of HESTA, having sat on the board since 1994. She served as president of AIST between ...