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HESTA chair on responsible investment board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... position is Xander den Uhl from ABP (Netherlands), who received 84 votes or 33.1%. Also the president of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and a director at Frontier Advisors, Emslie begins her three-year term at PRI from 1 January ...

Super guarantee charge bundled by red tape repeals

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... annum in superannuation - or around nine months' worth of super for someone on average weekly earnings. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Cbus have opposed the SGC amendments citing Australian National Audit Office figures ...

Digital evolution highlighted at AIST awards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) recognised clever use of data segmentation and social media campaigns to improve female member engagement at its annual Awards for Excellence. AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said this year's ...

Labor opposes super trustee governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... there was an "unprecedented political intervention of APRA member Helen Rowell" who delivered a speech at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Governance Ideas Exchange Forum in Melbourne last month. The Senators said that under ...

Super trustee bill before the Senate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... independent directors on their respective boards. The proposal has received mixed industry responses. The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) is one group supporting the bill and its managing director and chief executive John Brogden has ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... option. Darren Snyder explores this evolving market. Earlier this year a joint paper by AustralianSuper and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) suggested the nation's super system is more than four decades from maturity. The view ...

Beware 'apples with apples' super comparisons

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... Rainmaker Information. This week Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Helen Rowell told an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Governance Ideas Exchange Forum that on a number of occasions in the last few years ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... Australian public are becoming 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 ...

Insurance premiums should be questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... constant battles that face 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 ...

Super and TPD definitions in the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... disability (TPD) insurance claims 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 ...