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SimCorp expands local office

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... Macquarie Bank. Chaseling has recently worked with DST International and BYSIS Hedge Funds, Chase Manhattan and Perpetual Trustees.

Audits pinching corporate funds: Trust

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
... want to remain as a stand alone," said Bolton. "These changes will persistently add pressure and costs to stand alone trustees as they try to keep up-to-date with the latest legislative requirements such as risk management audit certificates. There are ...

Government launches Super Best Practice Guide

... further value to existing procedures and checklists already in place. "In particular, it provides good general advice for trustees and administrators that will assist them in managing a successful implementation of the superannuation proposals that the ...

Scale fails to buy cheaper premiums

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
For superannuation fund trustees arguing that scale is a panacea, as far as insurance is concerned it has very little impact on pricing premiums, according to a Rainmaker report. Rainmaker's associate director of research, Andrew Keevers, said the 2006 ...

APRA got it wrong on AXA: AAT

ALEX DUNNIN AND AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd, is reported to have told AAP that, "The AAT's decision should give confidence to other trustees working diligently for their members." "However, we have serious concerns with the process undertaken by APRA in this matter ...

AIST makes legal appointment

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has appointed a new legal and compliance manager to help boost membership services and benefits and offer internal compliance training and audits. Peta-Gai McLaughlin, a barrister and solicitor ...

Get rid of the Greek: Russell

... new managed funds that are increasingly more complex for an ordinary individual to understand. "In the past, super fund trustees made the investment decision and that's fine. But we are now progressively moving towards the individual making the investment ...

Sporting sponsorships do not breach sole purpose: Freehills

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
Super funds sponsoring sporting teams is more a question about how trustees manage their fund rather than being about the sole purpose test. Peggy Haines, partner with leading legal firm Freehills, speaking at the annual Fund Executives Association ...

ASIC issues disclosure guidelines for super trustees

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a new policy detailing guidelines for superannuation trustees regarding the delivery of product disclosure information about investment strategies to members. Policy Statement 184 Superannuation ...

Design menus to encourage proper choices: MLC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
... to minimise our tendency to self-destruct." If investment menus are "framed" to encourage positive choice mixes, then trustees can be more confident their fund members will make choices that should maximise their retirement savings, concluded the pap ...