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Professional Associations Super targets investment risk

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... Super. "Implementing a rigorous and robust risk framework is a duty and a responsibility for all superannuation fund trustees. We believe our approach achieves our aim to integrate management of key risk exposures into the decision-making process," he ...

MySuper should engage with lifecycling: Cooper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... were planning to offer a lifecycle MySuper option. The survey, conducted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, showed 60% of funds in the NFP sector were planning to re-badge their current default product with 74% of total funds surveyed ...

Funds remain unconvinced on lifecycle MySuper product

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... product will offer the best outcome for members, according to a recent poll by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. A recent survey of 40 not-for-profit funds found only 10% of funds are planning to offer a lifecycle MySuper product ...

APRA calls for dialogue with funds on MySuper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... while he sympathised with the industry, the timeframe was set by Stronger Super and not the regulator. "By July 2013 trustees need to decide and have authorised a MySuper product. By October 1 2013, if you do not have a MySuper product then default money ...

Risk-averse investor pitfalls

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
Capital risk is being ignored in favour of investor preference for risk-averse bank deposits, according to Equity Trustees. Shaun Manuell, head of asset management at Equity Trustees Limited, said the dangers of capital risk are not being expressed ...

FSC urges Senate to vote for SG rise

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... apply annually up to 2019-20, when the SG rate will be set at 12%. Meanwhile, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) also released a poll revealing that while 75% of Australians backed the move to raise the guarantee rate, one in ...

Super funds should refocus on fixed interest

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... won't achieve your objectives," said McTaggart. "There is now a new generation of smarter fixed interest solutions for trustees to consider and they will require a greater level of expertise." Speaking at the ASFA Investment Interchange, McTaggart said ...

Breach in contrib caps should not be taken for revenue: CPA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... $10,000 be made refundable on an on-going basis, rather than a one-off offer. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) have both called for discretion on the part of the ...

Unions, AIST hit back at Abbott comments

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... this period, 49 were not-for-profit funds. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), said the focus should be on the nation's retirement incomes policy and not ideology. "Mr Abbott's view on super seems ...

Genetics not education drives investor behaviour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... Genetic predisposition rather than lack of knowledge or financial education is the biggest hurdle confronting super fund trustees, wealth managers and financial advisers trying to help fund members and investors make better investment decisions, reveals ...