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AIST hires trustee governance manager

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has appointed the former chief of Australian Lawyers Alliance, Eva Scheerlinck, to the newly-created role of trustee governance and professional standards manager. Scheerlinck will head up AIST's trustee ...

ATO to review 10,000 SMSFs

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... financial year as it raises its compliance focus to protect retirement savings. The ATO's scrutiny on SMSF funds and trustees follows on from the latest Auditor Contravention Reports, which highlighted the potential danger of providing financial assistance ...

Kingston Capital signs on Powerwrap SMA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... clients. The company provides investment and financial planning advisory services to individuals and superannuation fund trustees, with funds under advice in excess of half a billion dollars.

APRA cautions against cloud computing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... industry, APRA clearly advises all deposit-taking institutions (ADIs), general insurers, life insurers, superannuation trustees and friendly societies to be wary of the introduction of cloud computing into the risk and governance processes. The regulator ...

Lower returns outlook will change allocation choices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
The lower returns outlook will force trustees to look further afield for capital growth, even into areas that they previously ignored or rejected. It's not just an Australian phenomenon either as it's happening to trustees the world over, said Stephane ...

Forget brand and choices, members want performance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... Australians. It found 38 per cent of fund members rank performance as their number one priority while 48 per cent of trustees rank it number one. Performance ranking so highly stands in stark contrast to the focus super funds give to issues that members ...

Trustees call to scrap MySuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... of no great relevance until they get to a later stage in life. "There are a lot of people who'd prefer to leave it to trustees who are experts in their fields of what the appropriate investments," he said.

LUCRF launches community trust

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... communities in which our members work and live, where we hope to make a real difference in people's lives." The board of trustees for the LUCRF Community Partnership Trust will focus on identifying and supporting worthwhile programs that build skills ...

The SMSF debt binge

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... per cent of SMSFs ready to embrace gearing over the next 12 months. According to an online survey of over 1,900 SMSF trustees, 470 financial planners and 470 accountants by researcher Investment Trends, just seven per cent of SMSFs currently use geared ...

APRA puts spotlight on super

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... enforcement actions APRA was forced to make unsurprisingly dropped by 13 per cent from 264 to 229. The appointment of acting trustees dropped significantly, from 38 cases in 2009 to 5 in 2010. Similarly, investigation actions fell sharply from 23 to ...