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Industry association targets super gaps

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... examination of areas of the economy where Australia's aren't capture as part of our superannuation system." According to the AIST, unpaid superannuation has been identified as a significant problem affecting Australians, with recent estimates from the ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... ladder. Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) In March, then acting Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Eva Scheerlinck spoke about how profit-to-member superannuation funds have a duty to strengthen and restore ...

First State Super appoints head of digital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... Mercer and UniSuper. Jamieson was the recipient of the Victorian Contact Centre Manager of the Year award in 2013 and the AIST Member Services Excellence award in 2012.

HESTA wins big at AIST awards

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
Industry super fund HESTA scooped the pool at last nights' 10th annual AIST Awards for Excellence in Melbourne last night. The fund took home three awards, including the award for Best Internal Communication Campaign for their "Eight Great Mates" campaign ...

Industry associations merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... industry forward. Industry Funds Forum (IFF) has now become part of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). IFF comprises 18 chief executives of large industry superannuation funds with the aim of influencing public policy for the ...

AIST creates lead advocacy role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... Advice and Stronger Super reforms as well as a number of regulatory reviews into life insurance within and outside of super. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said Goodwin's appointment will expand AIST's role in helping shape retirement outcomes ...

Trustees must raise bar on good governance: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... appointments and composition, APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell said. Rowell told an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event in Melbourne that APRA is standing firm in support of the proposed legislative changes mandating superannuation ...

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... Superannuation Laws Amendment (Strengthening Trustee Arrangements) Bill 2017 sitting before a Senate economics committee, AIST said there is no evidence that the current system is failing members or that the proposed model would improve member outcomes. ...

Industry body questions AFCA funding model

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... reality that there are fewer superannuation complaints than non-superannuation complaints. To illustrate their point, the AIST made reference to the number of complaints received by the Financial Ombudsman Service in 2015-2016 - 34,095, mostly regarding ...

Superannuation gets another makeover

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... Australians who rely on these funds to secure their retirement, with a strong prudential regulator." Responding to the reforms, AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck slammed the changes to governance structures as "politically driven" and not reflective ...