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No bail-out for cash-strapped assets

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... prepared to "let failures fail" - particularly if managers are requesting more inflows to a poorly performing fund. "Trustees invest in property funds and they expect them to be long-term investments, but some of them are coming up with some issues. ...

No fast bucks: Costello

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... will be the critical ingredients to survive and learn from the GFC, he said. "I encourage you to be fund managers and trustees who take seriously the values, the alignment and [the strategies on] how to build a sustainable future," said Costello.

Super investors stay put: survey

AIST RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... according to a consumer survey. The Newspoll March 2009 survey - commissioned by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and released at today's AIST's Conference of Major Superannuation Funds at the Gold Coast - found that majority ...

SMSF in-house asset rules and disclosure flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) should give self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees more time to comply with in-house asset rules but at the same time, require them to provide a detailed investment strategy. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association ...

Investment mandates to factor climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... their investment mandates to reflect climate change issues, a survey found. An Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Climate Institute survey found 95 per cent of respondents had changed or plan to alter their investment mandates ...

SMSFs get "kick up the pants"

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... Anti-Money Laundering measures do not apply to SMSFs is also a concern, he said, as is evidence that a small number of SMSF trustees "have very little idea of their legally set down responsibilities. "I would today clearly lay down the challenge - the ...

SMSFs beat the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... no global share allocation and held more than 50 per cent in local shares. The pair also analysed direct expenses SMSF trustees incur and found the average SMSF pays around $7,000 in expenses per annum. Of that figure, SMSF trustees paid $3,200 in accounting ...

ATO targets early access and in-house rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... early access to retirement savings and stepping up its compliance activities to ensure self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees don't break the law. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference yesterday in Adelaide ...

Efficiency and social equity best way to fix super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... consensus is yet to be reached across the board on how the increase would be paid for," said the Australian Institute of Trustees (AIST) and the Industry Super Network (ISN) in their joint submission. "We need a more equitable system that gives low income ...

Power to the people: Hermes

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... firm. HEOS currently has more than $110 billion worth of assets under advice. Melvin said the firm's role is to support trustees and connect pension funds with the companies they own. "We are helping them in navigating very choppy waters and resisting ...