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Inquiry urges government to consider paid reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... consideration to introducing it in the National Employment Standards. Modelling by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) estimates menopause is costing Australian women about $17 billion in lost earnings and retirement savings. In ...

ASIC sees case against Rest thrown out

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... rights. "ASIC brought this action to clarify the law around those rights and to emphasise the critical responsibility of trustees to provide accurate information to their members. Members rely on and trust information they receive from their superannuation ...

Government consults on laxing legacy super product rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... towards members' concessional or non-concessional contributions caps, or be exempt, depending on the situation, but trustees can mitigate excess contributions consequences by "titrating small amounts of the reserve each year," the statement said. ...

FSU steps up calls for reproductive leave policies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... References Committee with a reporting date of 17 September 2024. Modelling by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) estimated menopause is costing Australian women about $17 billion lost earnings and retirement savings. "A woman ...

BUSSQ board members removed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... trustee. These licence conditions related to the appointment of an independent third party to conduct a review of the trustees' fitness and propriety framework for directors and expenditure decisions which pertain to the CFMEU. Taylor argued that the ...

Court appoints receivers to Keystone, Master Shield Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
The Federal Court has appointed new receivers and administrators to Keystone Asset Management, as ASIC attempts to identify where more than $100 million of investors' money has gone. The Federal Court appointed Jason Tracy and Lucica Palaghia of ...

abrdn closes hedge fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... million as at July 31 and charged a 1.29% management fee. The fund required a minimum investment amount of $50,000. MSC Trustees was the trustee of the fund, along with nine other abrdn funds.

Former ASIC commissioner joins Insignia Trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
A former ASIC commissioner will join Insignia Financial as the chair of its trustees business on September 19. Danielle Press also assumes the position of non-executive director at Insignia Financial Trustees, replacing Lindsay Smartt. Press had a five-year ...

Too much being asked of super trustees: Levy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
... in a personal capacity at the Senate Economics Committee, Michelle Levy said it is too much to expect superannuation trustees to fix Australia's housing problem. Levy said she is sympathetic to the housing crisis, noting that she agrees owning a home ...

MetLife Australia launches new online insurance platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
... MetLife Protect and MetLife Protect Super offerings, with the latter available via the Smart Future Trust issued by Equity Trustees. Manage My Insurance allows member to view insurance details, edit their cover, keep track on the status of applications ...