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Xenophon team introduce unpaid super Bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... casual workers, and women whose super savings are falling seriously short at retirement, Linden said. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) also welcomed the Xenophon team's introduction of the legislation, particularly the removal ...

Smash the super status quo

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... industry is innovating way too incrementally. Describing herself as an "agent provocateur" to delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, Williams said that the industry is far too predisposed to congratulating ...

Why it shouldn't be called impact investing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... believes the industry has done itself a massive disservice by using the term "impact investing." Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, Traill suggested that the term implies a disconnect between ...

Why ASIC delayed RG97

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... senior executive leader, investment managers and superannuation Ged Fitzpatrick explained to delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference why the regulator delayed the RG97 reforms. He said the approximate ...

Super funds and weapons of mass destruction

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... as a cost-saving measure. Milliman head of fund advisory services Michael Armitage told delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference that the zero-to-negative interest rate environment is pushing super ...

No room for complacency: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... while the superannuation industry has a lot to be proud of, there's no room for complacency. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, Rowell said now that higher account balances are skewing towards ...

Tracing super back to 1517

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... Keating - it was Martin Luther. While he admitted it was a long bow to draw, McFarlane told delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference that in many ways, the medieval Catholic church wasn't unlike the ...

Latin America: the best-kept investment secret

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... kept" by SURA Investment Management chief investment officer Juan Carlos Botero. He told delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference that there was generally less investor understanding of the region than ...

The disconnect at the heart of financial services

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... head of portfolio strategists Asia-Pacific Jonathan Shead, who discussed the concept of motivation at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference on the Gold Coast. He referred to State Street's research on the idea ...

AIST names rising star

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees named the winner of its 2017 Investment Rising Star Award. State Super head of asset allocation Charles Wu was given the award, which was judged based on four criteria: leadership within the team or ...