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Super funds receive guidance on RG97

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... funds prepare for ASIC's deadline on new fee and cost disclosure requirements. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) released the ...

Fraser review challenges super board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... worldwide for this model, including in a majority of OECD countries." Fraser said the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) should implement his four recommendations in its new governance code developed in tandem with the review. Notably ...

ASIC targets NAB super after compliance breakdown

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... change well and we're sorry to those customers affected." However, According to Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees executive manager, governance and stewardship Eva Scheerlinck, the news of ASIC's investigation "highlights that the government's ...

ASIC falls on fund disclosure sword

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... Sydney that discussed several regulatory issues and RG97 was high on the agenda. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees senior policy adviser Karen Volpato said the extension "will provide the industry time to collaboratively continue development ...

Super objective crucial to Commission review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... therefore retirement incomes for members." "The objectives also reflect the obligations and constraints on superannuation trustees, such as providing useful insurance to members while protecting their retirement balances," the Commission's research report ...

Shadow Treasurer slams governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... audience and met criticism from several speakers, including Bowen. Outside the governance issue, O'Dwyer said superannuation trustees are obliged to balance insurance offerings inside their respective funds as an attempt to heed the erosion of members' ...

PC to deliver Super 2.0: FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... delegates were entirely supportive of this idea. Speaking on the same panel as Loane, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia said the emphasis on competition missed the point of superannuation, arguing that "competition ...

Is default super dated?

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... industrial system results in sub-optimal outcomes for consumers. Alternatively the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees is submitting that the existing default system should be the baseline for comparison. "It is entirely appropriate that ...

New life insurance standards for super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
Superannuation trustees and life insurers will be bound by new life insurance standards emerging from an industry leadership group aiming to benchmark best practice. The Superannuation Industry Working Group is a new collaboration between the Australian ...

Super reforms finalised by year's end

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... decisions about their savings and superannuation with confidence. Introducing the legislation also provides superannuation trustees with the certainty they need to implement these reforms. With the support of the Senate, there will be no impediment to ...