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Industry bodies clash over pension age

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... superannuation before retirees become eligible for the age pension," Codina said. But the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and the Australian Superannuation Fund Association (ASFA) have rejected the proposal. "There are many levers ...

Planners need discretion on SMSF cost advice: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

EQT defends sending pre-filled proxy forms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
Equity Trustees (EQT) has defended sending The Trust Company (TRU) shareholders pre-filled proxy forms ahead of the shareholder meeting to vote on the Perpetual buyout offer. The forms were pre-filled for TRU shareholders to vote against the Perpetual ...

AustralianSuper CEO justifies The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... it. We said we don't want to be part of anything that is politically partisan." He went on: "Industry funds have joint trustees. If it was proved to be a rabid right wing organ, then I imagine there would be concerns from parts of our stakeholders; and ...

Skaffold makes Asia deal with Thomson Reuters

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013

Take no action in relation to EQT offer: TRU

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... Trust Company board has asked its shareholders to take no action in relation to the revised buyout offer that Equity Trustees (EQT) made public earlier this week. The board reminded shareholders that it still considers the Perpetual proposal superior ...

Responsible investment takes centre stage at ASFA conference

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... (UNPRI), Robertson said: "These are ideological megatrends uncharted by the CSIRO that may impact on your [superannuation trustees'] work." He went on: "How do we factor moral megatrends into our decisions, especially when we face the widespread belief ...

APRA voices concern over super in-house investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... the long term." Regarding the move towards in-house investment, Rowell said, "This may be entirely appropriate for some trustees. However, frankly, most are unlikely to have the scale or expertise to effectively undertake in-house asset management." ...

EQT makes last attempt to buy The Trust Company

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
Equity Trustees (EQT) has announced a last-minute increase of its buyout offer for The Trust Company (TRU), only a few days before TRU shareholders vote for the Perpetual offer. The EQT board of directors has approved an increase in the offer ratio ...

SMSF trustees suffer "unacceptably poor advice"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees are suffering "an unacceptably high level of poor advice" when it comes to set up and administering their funds. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) recently ...