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MySuper dashboards, ASIC warns trustees

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... product dashboards, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued extra guidance to superannuation trustees about how they need to be handled. The guidance update focuses on how the dashboards are centrally important disclosure ...

Beware engaged baby boomers, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... at the SCT. Speaking to an audience of super fund administrators hosted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, Furlan said: "At the risk of being a heretic, can I say that whilst I'm a big fan of member engagement, I'm also incredibly ...

Equity trustees beds down ANZ Trustees with new appointment

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
Equity Trustees has created the role of head of cash and fixed income, following the April announcement that it had agreed to acquire 100% of ANZ Trustees for $150 million. Lance Pupelis, who was most recently head of fixed income at ANZ Trustees and ...

Don't be afraid of sales, industry funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... to an audience of not-for-profit superannuation representatives hosted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), Wilkinson said industry funds can no longer hide behind low fees and the awards system. "The competition are not coming ...

Delay in SG rise 'disappointing', says industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... super. However, the pause at 9.5 per cent for an extra year is disappointing." The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) echoed these sentiments in its statement: "While this confirmation will provide some certainty to employers who ...

CBA wants Senate to fix corporate super advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... remuneration in this manner," CBA noted in the submission. "We are concerned this will act as a barrier to superannuation trustees being able to deliver access to basic and affordable financial advice to their members," the bank continued. CBA said that ...

SuperStream savings 'nowhere near' estimates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... came out of the Cooper Review." A panel discussion on SuperStream hosted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) revealed a plethora of other problems associated with SuperStream. The technological demands, for example, are proving ...

Equip to launch pension version of MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... possible move to extend the MySuper regime to the retirement phase. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Employer Engagement Symposium, Press said the MyPension product would automate something Equip already does in ...

FEATURE: Managing SMSF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... an individual fund. But for many other reasons SMSFs could be the ultimate investment vehicle for superannuation. SMSF trustees in Australia can invest in virtually all asset classes, including property and alternatives. Their only limitation is the ...

AMP gives SMSFs access to property and corporate bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... through cash and term deposits," AMP Capital head of SMSF Tim Keegan said. He added that these managed funds allow SMSF trustees "to invest in sectors and assets that may be hard to access or cost prohibitive." AMP has also developed a website to support ...