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Super policies shortchange women

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... retire with adequate super (more than $500,000). The findings, conducted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), prompted AIST chief executive Fiona Reynolds to call for new social policies addressing the needs of women who do ...

Speed bumps to annuities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... innovation in related products in the Australian market. However, post-retirement strategy continue to be a hot topic, with trustees faced with the choice to launch direct forms of longevity protection, particularly annuities. The most common product ...

Investors in line for Fincorp payout

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... settlement that will include holders of unsecured debt has been negotiated between the law firm Slater & Gordon and Fincorp's trustees, Sandhurst Trustees Limited. "What is particularly significant is that unsecured noteholders, who have received nothing ...

Super exec pay on the table

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... feature through 54 sessions at the annual talkfest, which begins next Monday in Brisbane. About 1,300 superannuation fund trustees and staff are expected to attend the three-day event, which will include 22 round-table discussions. And for the first ...

ASFA and FTSE launch super GST index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... Super proposals. "This additional set of after-tax benchmarks bring further clarity to market performance and will assist trustees in providing better investment performance for members," she said.

Equity Trustees names head of wealth mgmt

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Equity Trustees internally promotes its head of marketing, Philip Galagher, to head of private clients wealth management business as the fund manager builds out its portfolio management services. Central to this new role, Galagher will be responsible ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... Regulatory Authority, would be finalised in the next two months. "It will start to create a broader benchmark to help fund trustees to have a benchmark against risk," she said. Vamos said funds already conduct regular risk and liability assessments of ...

Super on table for October tax review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... stability after a tumultuous few years. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, said her organisation did not want to go over old ground. "We want to get on with ensuring that the legislation is passed ...

Super funds urge MySuper rethink

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... management, which does not necessarily mean low-risk, is a real concern that could cause members, effectively asking super trustees to act as their fiduciary agent, to suffer. "It would be far better for the government to try and limit the margin or ...

Super assets reach $1.32tr

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... quarterly superannuation performance figures. The statistics are aimed at giving government policymakers, regulators, trustees and the wider community a sense of the overall performance of the superannuation system. The headline figures show that SMSFs ...