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Trustee liability issues surface at PJC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... representatives have challenged a part of the Federal Government's final MySuper Bill likely to leave superannuation fund trustees at risk of contentious litigation. Advocates of several industry representative bodies spoke before a Parliamentary Joint ...

VicSuper and Aust Ethical adopt after-tax benchmark

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... series. As well as correctly aligning the interests of managers with that of their members, she says it also enables trustees to comply with the MySuper legislation which requires fund managers to be measured on after-tax performance (where possible). ...

Planners praised for guiding investors into fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... inflows off the back of changing fundamentals and the hard work of financial planners, according to PIMCO and Equity Trustees (EQT). EQT head of corporate fiduciary and financial services Harvey Kalman says there are clear signs that investors are heeding ...

Don't forget to remind DB members: ASIC

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
Australia's corporate watchdog has reminded the trustees of defined benefit superannuation schemes to keep their members up-to-date after a review of the sector. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) said that it wants to encourage ...

APRA's SMSF loan warning berated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... 'potentially higher loss profile' will not become a reality," he said. "However, there is a need to ensure that SMSF trustees are not unduly influenced about property investments and the Government should get on and regulate LRBA as financial products ...

AIST argues for fee-cap in MySuper submission

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' submission to the final tranche of the Federal Government's MySuper legislation will highlight problems with asset-based administration fees. After putting the finishing touches on its submission ...

Simple funds should avoid excessive regulation: Equity Trustees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... complex instruments should face more stringent regulation than those that strive for simplicity, according to Equity Trustees head of corporate and fiduciary services Harvey Kalman. Kalman warns that despite the collective investment collapses of the ...

Interviews start soon for new AIST CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... Interviews will take place over the coming weeks to find a new chief executive for the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. A spokesperson confirmed that applications for the role have closed and interviews will begin shortly, to replace ...

New hires in AuSuper's internal team

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... be saved which will directly benefit members' retirement savings, it said. AustralianSuper has hired former Equity Trustees chief investment officer Shaun Manuell as a senior portfolio manager and Nik Kemp, who was most recently a director at Capella ...

FSC to seek inquiry extension

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... policy manager Eve Brown said that the charitable trust industry currently operates as a "dual market," where licensed trustees need to follow Corporations Law, but unlicensed ones do not. The FSC has now said that it will be seeking an extension to ...