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FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... more aware of the problem of underinsurance and its cost to the community. As Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees executive manager business and operations services Maryann Mannix-White noted at the same event, "The cost of underinsurance ...

Insurance premiums should be questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... superannuation funds. Media Super deputy chief executive, Michael Rooney, told an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event this week that at one point insurance was seen as an opportunity to keep members on the books rather than as ...

Super and TPD definitions in the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... through superannuation funds has again come under the spotlight. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event in Sydney this morning, Media Super deputy chief executive Michael Rooney said super funds put themselves in ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... retirement outcome for women if we want to make the system more equitable," Wood said. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia said the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data indicated the gender savings ...

Super fund boss: We're not IT companies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... technology side of the business in one way or another. The comments came at a recent Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event in Sydney where Cuffe said super funds also needed to remember they are not IT companies. "We would only ...

Super funds cautious about administration

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... right technology outcomes for both long-standing and new clients. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event in Sydney yesterday, AvSuper chair George Fishlock said Link Group's acquisition of Superpartners has delayed ...

AIST opposes SG charge reductions

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) is opposing reduced penalties for employers not meeting their compulsory super guarantee payments to employees. Draft legislation A introduced by former federal small business minister Bruce ...

Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... Marshman expressed this view when speaking at an investment fees forum at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference. "If we don't do something about fees I'm very scared that advertising, governments, and marketing ...

Retail funds cheer super board governance bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... director independent has angered industry superannuation fund representatives. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) executive manager of governance Eva Scheerlinck said: "Under the proposed definition of independence, most directors ...

Turnbull expected to dust off shelved policies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... agenda which make competition, trade, tax and federation reform priorities." The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive, Tom Garcia, asked the new PM to "put the focus back on super taxes as a key part of the current Tax ...