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Funds urge government to reject lift of super threshold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... contributions, which are currently compulsory. "All workers should be entitled to superannuation payments," the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia said. "Any move to raise the exemption threshold would unfairly ...

AIST and Mercer launch new super tracker

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has teamed up with Mercer to develop a "super tracker" designed to evaluate the Australian superannuation system and measure policy changes. In a joint statement the two companies said the new ...

Energy Super unveils new chair

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2015
... of leading Australian companies, including Stanwell Corporation and CS Energy.A He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Williamson has held senior executive roles in the electricity, IT, telecommunications and airlines industries ...

Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... Cheap oil is good. Us, blokes and sheilas, will have more to spend on something else rather than the bowser. Australian Institute of Petroleum (NIP) data show that "National Metropolitan Retail Petrol Prices" dropping from A$1.58 a litre at the end of ...

Industry funds reject majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... if the government goes ahead with the recommendation it must get the definition of independence right. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) firmly opposed the recommendation, with AIST chief executive ...

Brisbane adviser pleads guilty to $9 million fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... provided financial advice without a licence has been forced by the regulator to undertake a course with the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) prior to his re-appointment. Dimitri Amargianitakis has been banned from financial services for ...

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 ...

Sally Loane new CEO of the Financial Services Council

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... outgoing current chief executive John Brogden. Brogden is leaving to take up the role of chief executive at the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) in January 2015. Loane was a broadcaster and journalist before entering the corporate sector. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for September is due out, as is the Australian Institute of Company Directors' Director Sentiment Index. In equities news, Commonwealth Bank is expected to give its first quarter ...

Group insurance consortiums 'inevitable': MetLife

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... 'mega-funds', according to MetLife head of distribution Michael Goodall. Speaking at an even hosted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), Goodall said the concentration risk of big super funds means that individual insurers will ...