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Super board changes could cost funds $20m a year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... superannuation funds could cost about $20 million only on the first year, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) warned. "How can these costs be justified when there is no evidence to support the need for any change?" AIST chief executive ...

GFC recovery only tentative

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... Asset Management head of fixed income Nick Bishop. Speaking at a recent Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) panel event, Bishop said there has been plenty thrown at global markets yet there are only some signs of tentative recovery. ...

China impossible to ignore for asset managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... investors to ignore despite its economy continuing to slow. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) panel event, Johnson said it was appropriate to have checked expectations of what the Chinese market might deliver going ...

Raising Preservation Age could be problematic

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... older Australians to access their own super savings." Research conducted by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies and AIST in 2014 found that up to 40% of older Australians currently do not get to choose when they retire due to a range of factors ...

Actuaries say super taxes need to be reviewed

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... improve fairness, sustainability and public confidence in Australia's retirement incomes system. Among its submission the AIST has called for a "nationally accepted benchmark of what is an adequate retirement - stated in terms of income, rather than ...

World's largest sovereign wealth fund divests coal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... expect the role of ESG to increase, according to a recent survey by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and BNP Paribas Securities Services.

Super concessions key to tax review

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... government is looking to increase its income and reduce public expenditure. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia said: "There is plenty of evidence showing that the super tax concessions are poorly targeted ...

ISA and AIST want changes to professionalism model

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
Both Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) have recommended modifications to a proposed model on lifting educational, professional and ethical standards in the financial services industry. In their ...

No new taxes on super welcomed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... government plans to collect an additional $46.9 million in superannuation supervisory levies from the industry and Garcia said AIST remained concerned about a lack of transparency in the methodology behind the raising of levies. "AIST will be seeking ...

Age pension kept at highest indexation rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... every year - at the highest available indexation rate." This is supported by Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive, Tom Garcia. "The government's decision to retain the indexing of the Age Pension twice a year at the ...