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SMSF collapses imminent in hunt for yield

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... Speaking at a media briefing yesterday, Aberdeen head of Australian fixed income Nick Bishop said that investors and SMSF trustees had been given a greater degree of access and empowerment, but this has not been combined with an increase in skill or ...

Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... Rickards has told superannuation professionals in Alice Springs. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference in the Northern Territory, the US economist said governments should also buy gold, build infrastructure ...

SMSF closures drop 75% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... while 9,676 SMSFs wound up in June 2013. However, the ATO data is preliminary and it only includes wind ups initiated by trustees and those that were closed as a result of ATO compliance and cleansing activity. Preliminary figures released on June 2013 ...

Advisers must attend ethics classes, say ISA and AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... Corporations and Financial Services (PJC), Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) argued for the introduction of a national exam for new and existing financial advisers "with mandatory competencies ...

Ai Group defends super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... which benefit from the current awards system, some of its members do. The Australian Hotels Association, which appoints trustees to the board of HOSTPLUS, is a member; as is the Master Builders Association, which appoints trustees to the Cbus board.

Super fees drop as fund war rolls on

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... concentrated on fees, but members can't eat fees, they need net returns." The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia said that one strategy to lower fees is "moving to a more passive investment regime, which ...

SG frozen till 2021, industry 'dismayed'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... in 2025. The superannuation industry has condemned the move across the board. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia said the Government's decision "represented a broken election promise not to bring in any negative ...

NGS appointment brings gender equality to board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
NGS Super has appointed former school principal Georgina Smith to the board of trustees, bringing percentage of women on its board to 50%. Smith has worked in education for 35 years, with roles as assistant director, principal consultant, school principal ...

AMP and University of Adelaide form SMSF research centre

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... year. Using AMP's SMSF database, the centre aims to provide greater insights into the motivations and behaviours of SMSF trustees. "The fragmented nature of the SMSF sector has made it difficult in the past for meaningful qualitative research to be undertaken ...

Retirement phase top issue for super in FSI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... in isolation, if done successfully it can result in substantial benefits. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) also emphasised the need to address the retirement phase, and called for a 'through-retirement' view of super, rather ...