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Super industry welcomes Age Pension backflip

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... announcement of the policy back-flip on breakfast television earlier in the day. Speaking at the 2018 Super Investment Conference in Cairns yesterday, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said the AIST was relieved ...

Trustees caught in a balancing act

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... improve governance standards, a legal expert says. Holding Redlich partner Paul Faure told the AIST Super Investment Conference? yesterday that a trustees' role is ultimately a balancing act of maximising returns and minimising risks. What's ...

No time for complacency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... complacent, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. Kicking off the 2018 Super Investment Conference in Cairns this morning, AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said the Commission has essentially proven retail super funds ...

SSGA appoints head of retirement solutions

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... for Australian retirees." When Shead spoke at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference on the Gold Coast last year, he argued many investment professionals are fundamentally disconnected from the true value of their ...

Former industry fund CIO leaves Vanguard after seven months

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... with the culture, get out quickly." Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference in September, McLaughlin said the ongoing debate between active and index managers tend to overshadow some essential tenets ...

Vanguard aims to defuse the active debate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... 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, arguing that managers are ...

UK regulator increases support for new starters

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... Financial Conduct Authority will establish a hub to assist new entrants to the industry. Speaking at an investment conference in Europe, FCA executive director of supervision - investment, wholesale and specialists Megan Butler said a lot of red tape ...

Setting the active record straight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... 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 be misinterpreted. She said ...

Superannuation and debt: Inextricably linked

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... in economics Stephen Kinsella told delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference that, broadly speaking, debt "doesn't matter as long as you can service it from some kind of income and someone is willing ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... specialist Mary McLaughlin. McLaughlin spoke at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, describing the debate as a "mug's game that wasn't going to get resolved in 50 minutes on the Gold Coast." She noted that ...