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Infra bonds get conditional industry support

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... unattractive for our clients," he said. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees said, "There's no doubt that investing in infrastructure projects has proved to be a smart move for many super funds and infrastructure ...

OC Funds unveils distribution strategy, appoints Purpura

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... Financial, Purpura also held previous key roles as former Director of Patriot Asset Management, and senior positions at Equity Trustees Funds Management, Challenger Financial Services Group and AXA Trustees. During this time, he was responsible for the ...

Time to lift operational reserves: Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... failure of third party providers and crediting rate errors," noted Mercer. Interestingly, the research reported that trustees are now quite alert to damage following a media crisis, reflecting the impact of the GFC on the industry's image combined with ...

Trustees warned as APRA toughens guidances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... already in train before the completion of the Cooper Report. Illustrating the regulator's tougher mindset, APRA has warned "trustees [to] have, or have access to, adequate financial resources to ensure their solvency and to have adequate liquidity to ...

The trillion dollar election question

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... not alone in his view on the election. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees said the election results would transform super. "If we don't get these reforms now, when will they see the light of day again?" ...

APRA warns on unlisted asset valuations

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... unlisted valuations are still high on APRA's watch list, the regulator has written another letter to remind super fund trustees of the risks in unlisted investments and to watch their valuation practices. Retail super funds have traditionally favoured ...

Trustees address 'young' elephant in the room

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
Credit unions and super funds share the common dilemma of how to best serve their younger stakeholders, and it's a risk that becomes more pressing as their Baby Boomer clients move on from 'saving for retirement' to 'spending their savings' phase. Mark ...

SMSFs carry underlying key person risk: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
A new report has raised concerns about the structure of self managed super funds (SMSF) as trustees potentially become unable to adequately invest and administer their retirement savings as they get older. The Financial Wellbeing in Retirement report ...

Crafter resigns as ARIA CEO

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... New South Wales. "Lochiel has made an enormous contribution to ARIA in the past two years and is held in high regard by trustees, employees and stakeholders," said ARIA chairman, Tony Hyams, in the statement. "Since May 2008, his leadership skill, strategic ...

Art lobby wins fight to keep SMSFs art-friendly

SPAA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... endorsed the Cooper Review's key MySuper reforms but in a major victory for the art industry and self-managed super fund trustees, it said that it won't adopt the move to ban SMSFs from investing in 'collectables'. The leading industry body for self-managed ...