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Beware 'apples with apples' super comparisons

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Helen Rowell told an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Governance Ideas Exchange Forum that on a number of occasions in the last few years she has "noted that comparisons of ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... as a tool to aid that retention." This reflects Media Super deputy chief executive Michael Rooney's comments at the recent AIST Ideas Exchange - Insurance event in Sydney, when he said that his fund "saw insurance as an opportunity to keep members on ...

Insurance premiums should be questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... superannuation funds. Media Super deputy chief executive, Michael Rooney, told an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event this week that at one point insurance was seen as an opportunity to keep members on the books rather than as ...

Super and TPD definitions in the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... superannuation funds has again come under the spotlight. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event in Sydney this morning, Media Super deputy chief executive Michael Rooney said super funds put themselves in the position ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... outcome for women if we want to make the system more equitable," Wood said. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia said the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data indicated the gender savings gap ...

Super fund boss: We're not IT companies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... side of the business in one way or another. The comments came at a recent Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event in Sydney where Cuffe said super funds also needed to remember they are not IT companies. "We would only use systems ...

Super funds cautious about administration

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... technology outcomes for both long-standing and new clients. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event in Sydney yesterday, AvSuper chair George Fishlock said Link Group's acquisition of Superpartners has delayed the ...

HESTA chair seeks PRI board position

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015

AIST opposes SG charge reductions

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) is opposing reduced penalties for employers not meeting their compulsory super guarantee payments to employees. Draft legislation A introduced by former federal small business minister Bruce ...

Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... Marshman expressed this view when speaking at an investment fees forum at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference. "If we don't do something about fees I'm very scared that advertising, governments, and marketing ...