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Industry unites for super message

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Association of Financial Advisors (AFA), Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) are members of the group. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), CPA Australia, the Industry Funds ...

Trustee survey reveals top asset classes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... according to a trustee survey released this week. According to a Centre for Investor Education survey of 30 industry fund trustees and retirement industry advisers, 53 per cent nominated infrastructure as their preferred asset class. The results come ...

Local super funds welcome Obama admin move

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... rules on credit default swaps, credit ratings agencies and executive pay. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive, Fiona Reynolds, said any overseas changes to financial services regulation would affect local laws. ...

AWM consolidates RSE licences

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... As a result, SMF Funds Management will drop its RSE licence with Questor Financial Services and Australian Executive Trustees will take over as trustee of the super funds. JR Superannuation Fund, Bendigo Staff Superannuation Plan, SMF Master PST and ...

State Street scores $1bn mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... portfolio managed by Crestline Investors from domestic fixed income into its absolute return strategies portfolio. "The Trustees determined that the portfolio's characteristics made it more naturally fit in the alternative assets portfolio," it noted. ...

Consolidation is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
Super funds with double the average number of trustees produced better returns than their peers according to new research, suggesting calls to downsize trustee boards could be counter-productive. The global financial crisis and its impact on super fund ...

Trust wins $200m Fin Synergy mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... Noel Davis, a director of Trust Company Superannuation Services Limited, said the new deal comes at a time when many trustees are struggling to keep up with their regulatory requirements. "The regulatory expectations of trustees are becoming more exacting. ...

Assist trustees, don't overregulate: AIST

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... a consistent reporting format across all regulators, according to Andrew Barr, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees research and policy manager. Instead of gutting the regulatory environment, Barr said APRA and ASIC should organise a consistent ...

Calls to cut super contribs fails to get traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... retrograde," said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the peak not-for-profit super fund group the Australian Institute of Trustees (AIST). The government however has also rejected the proposal but while announcing it wants consumers to spend the $10 ...

What a member wants

... players and government policy makers need to do a fundamental re-think of what a super fund member is to determine the fund trustees responsibilities - not the other way around - in the face of real risks surrounding fund liquidity and huge equity market ...