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New Year, new chair at industry fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... corporate governance adviser Sonya Beyers. Beyers is a solicitor, member and accredited facilitator of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She also sits on the boards of Horizon Housing Company and The Forde Foundation trust fund. Beyers' ...

Former industry fund CIO leaves Vanguard after seven months

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... LinkedIn page reads: "Lesson to share: If you don't connect with the culture, get out quickly." Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference in September, McLaughlin said the ongoing debate between active ...

AFCA, key housing bills passed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... dispute resolution service. The authority has not gone without criticism, with Industry Super Australia and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees using their submission to parliament to argument that a single body will have the funding ...

Industry associations merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... leadership, shape policy and drive the industry forward. Industry Funds Forum (IFF) has now become part of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). IFF comprises 18 chief executives of large industry superannuation funds with the aim ...

Superannuation savings reach $2.5 trillion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... "underbanked" if the $2.4 trillion pool of savings doesn't fill the void. Speaking to Financial Standard, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Eva Scheerlinck welcomed the comments, saying profit-to-member funds, particularly ...

AIST creates lead advocacy role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees appointed an ex-ASIC adviser to a newly created advocacy role. Bringing more than a decade of financial services experience, Ailsa Goodwin has taken on the new role of head of advocacy at the industry ...

ASIC reviews RG97 impact

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... proposed changes is necessary given the inconsistencies and uneven application of the current RG97 regime." The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Eva Scheerlinck welcomed ASIC's commitment to working with the industry to ...

Trustees must raise bar on good governance: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... when it comes to board appointments and composition, APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell said. Rowell told an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event in Melbourne that APRA is standing firm in support of the proposed legislative changes ...

Vanguard aims to defuse the active debate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... greatly." Geysen's comments echo those made by Vanguard investment specialist Mary McLaughlin at the recent Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, who said that the reason the active-passive debate persists is because ...

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees is urging the Senate to reject the Turnbull Government's proposal to mandate a governance model for superannuation funds and preserve the equal representation rule. In response to the Superannuation ...