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Proactive group releases life insurance guidance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
Superannuation funds and group life insurers now have a best practice guide to improve the quality and availability of insurance data for use across the industry. A collection of life insurance and superannuation bodies have released the best practice ...

ATO extends SuperStream deadline

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has announced it will provide "compliance flexibility" to small businesses who have not implemented SuperStream ahead of the 30 June deadline. Small businesses will now have until 28 October 2016 to ensure they are ...

Super's purpose under further scrutiny

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
The immediate need for a definition of superannuation to be enshrined in federal legislation is becoming clear as more ideas are floated about how to best use the savings pool. Western Australia Senator Chris Back has proposed that super could be used ...

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 ...

Peters MacGregor hires head of research

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
Peters MacGregor Capital Management has appointed a head of research, shortly after hiring a head of distribution. The fund manager appointed Nathan Bell to lead its research division. Bell has 20 years' of experience in various finance roles and was ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
The biggest industry moves this week are QSuper's executive search following chief executive Rosemary Vilgan's departure and Peters MacGregor's marquee hire. QSuper seeks new CEO, Vilgan departs - Rosemary Vilgan will leave QSuper in October after 27 ...

Peters MacGregor makes marquee hire

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
Peters MacGregor Capital Management has appointed a head of distribution from Aberdeen Asset Management. Alex Haynes will manage the firm's relationships with direct investors, financial planners and institutional investors. Haynes was Aberdeen Asset ...

AIST lobbies govt to keep LISC payment disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) is calling on the government to maintain separate disclosure of low income superannuation contribution (LISC) payments on superannuation statements. While the government has moved to abolish ...

APRA confirms MySuper non-confidentiality rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will treat MySuper product data as non-confidential, following a period of industry consultation. APRA said the industry "generally supported" APRA's proposal to treat data as non-confidential if ...

AIST attacks big-bank default grandfathering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
Bank-owned retail funds should be forced to roll all their default superannuation members out of high-fee products into low-fee MySuper products, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). AIST head of executive manager ...