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Super board changes could cost funds $20m a year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... warned. "How can these costs be justified when there is no evidence to support the need for any change?" AIST chief executive Tom Garcia asked. The AIST outlined its position against the proposed changes to the board structure for superannuation funds ...

TH Real Estate chief resigns, replacement confirmed

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... investment and the day to day management of the European business. He also sits on the executive leadership team of TH Real Estate. Tom Garbutt, chairman of TH Real Estate and head of TIAA-CREF global real estate commented: "Mike is a seasoned industry ...

Philanthropic LICs a triple win: Wilson

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... you're paying less." Battle Against Cancer Investment Trust (BACIT) is a UK-listed fund of funds founded by hedge fund manager Tom Henderson, from which Wilson took the idea to set up a similar initiative in Australia. Before founding Future Generation ...

Still in the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
"Oh, I love you more today than yesterday..." -- Spiral Staircase But would it be "...as much as tomorrow"? That's the musical version of "is this a dead cat bounce?" Yes Virginia, I refer to the Shanghai Composite Index which tumbled 5.9% one-day and ...

Raising Preservation Age could be problematic

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... accommodate the needs of those unable to work to retirement." Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive, Tom Garcia, said raising the age at which people can access their super could see the level of involuntary retirees blow out ...

D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
Tonight's the night we make history. Whatever happens, it'll be D-day! D for the IMF declaring Greece in "default"; D for yet another extension of a "deal" or "deal talks"; D for that mythical Damocles' sword falling not only over Damocles' head but ...

Super funds clash on board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... that have driven two decades of strong returns for members. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive, Tom Garcia, said while it was good to see the government had recognised the value and importance of an equal representation system ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
As Yogi Berra famously quoted, "it ain't over till it's over." Elvis is still in the building. Optimism over a Greek bailout deal has hit a roadblock (again), prompting financial markets to give up some of the gains made over the past few days. But ...

Game theory theorises no Grexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
If one were to believe in conspiracy theories, one would suspect that 'the institutions' - perhaps, even Tsipras himself -- have placed a short on Greek bonds and stocks today... and collect the windfall tomorrow. Speculations of rumours of gossips ...

Actuaries say super taxes need to be reviewed

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... emerging in current policy and which are confusing many workers and retirees." Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, Tom Garcia, said government financial support to retirement incomes was heavily weighted to high income earners and needed ...