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AIST creates lead advocacy role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees appointed an ex-ASIC adviser to a newly created advocacy role. Bringing more than a decade of financial services experience, Ailsa Goodwin has taken on the new role of head of advocacy at the industry ...

ASIC reviews RG97 impact

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... given the inconsistencies and uneven application of the current RG97 regime." The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Eva Scheerlinck welcomed ASIC's commitment to working with the industry to ensure RG97's objectives were ...

Super needs greater oversight from APRA: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... Rowell told a recent public hearing. In APRA's recently released annual report, there were 139 licensed superannuation trustees responsible for 214 APRA-regulated super funds with more than four members, along with another 2071 small APRA funds with ...

Advice industry compensation bill hits $37m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... "maintain a heightened focus" on this market throughout 2017-18. At end of June 2017, there were 139 licensed superannuation trustees responsible for 214 APRA-regulated super funds with more than four members, along with another 2071 small APRA funds ...

Trustees must raise bar on good governance: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
Superannuation trustees must do more than comply with a code to improve governance practices, particularly when it comes to board appointments and composition, APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell said. Rowell told an Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Vanguard aims to defuse the active debate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... echo those made by Vanguard investment specialist Mary McLaughlin at the recent Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, who said that the reason the active-passive debate persists is because of internal incentives ...

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees is urging the Senate to reject the Turnbull Government's proposal to mandate a governance model for superannuation funds and preserve the equal representation rule. In response to the Superannuation ...

ASIC outlines industry funding costs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... From 2018 onwards, this levy will be graduated based on revenue from payment product provider activity. Superannuation trustees will pay a levy based on the total value of assets at the end of the financial year, and responsible entities will pay a sum ...

Industry body questions AFCA funding model

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... each sector. In its submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees will argue that the funding model for the authority, which is due to hear complaints from organisations across the entire ...

Setting the active record straight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... Ariel Investments president Mellody Hobson. Speaking to Financial Standard at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, Hobson cited the S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Scorecard as one that can ...