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Former industry fund CIO leaves Vanguard after seven months

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... LinkedIn page reads: "Lesson to share: If you don't connect with the culture, get out quickly." Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference in September, McLaughlin said the ongoing debate between active ...

AFCA, key housing bills passed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... dispute resolution service. The authority has not gone without criticism, with Industry Super Australia and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees using their submission to parliament to argument that a single body will have the funding ...

Industry associations merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... leadership, shape policy and drive the 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 ...

AIST creates lead advocacy role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees appointed an ex-ASIC adviser to a newly created advocacy role. Bringing more than a decade of financial services experience, Ailsa Goodwin has taken on the new role of head of advocacy at the industry ...

ASIC reviews RG97 impact

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... proposed changes is necessary given the inconsistencies and uneven application of the current RG97 regime." The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Eva Scheerlinck welcomed ASIC's commitment to working with the industry to ...

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees is urging the Senate to reject the Turnbull Government's proposal to mandate a governance model for superannuation funds and preserve the equal representation rule. In response to the Superannuation ...

Industry body questions AFCA funding model

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... reflect the accountability of each sector. In its submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees will argue that the funding model for the authority, which is due to hear complaints from ...

Setting the active record straight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... benchmarks, according to Ariel Investments president Mellody Hobson. Speaking to Financial Standard at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, Hobson cited the S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) ...

Superannuation and debt: Inextricably linked

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... superannuation industry. University of Limerick senior lecturer in economics Stephen Kinsella told delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference that, broadly speaking, debt "doesn't matter as long as you ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... portfolio construction, according to Vanguard investment specialist Mary McLaughlin. McLaughlin spoke at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, describing the debate as a "mug's game that wasn't going to get ...