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Former Women in Super chief joins AIST

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) appointed the former chief executive of Women in Super as general manager, professional development. Sandra Buckley led Women in Super for the past eight years where she was responsible for ...

$450 super threshold to be scrapped

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... legislation reduces costs and simplifies reporting for superannuation funds by providing choice for superannuation fund trustees for the 2021-22 income year onwards. Trustees will now be able to use their preferred method of calculating exempt current ...

Super executives switching options in conflict: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
... market volatility at the start of the pandemic, finding possible conflicts of interest. ASIC looked at a sample of 23 trustees (including trustees of industry and retail funds) and focused on conduct during the time of increased market volatility arising ...

Australian corporate bond overhaul

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... flexibility for bond issuers. Review of Chapter 2L of the Corporations Act and other regulatory obligations applicable to trustees with the aim of increasing the availability of trustees for the retail bond market. Review of the regulatory reforms implemented ...

Harvey Kalman joins Raiz

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
Former Equity Trustees global head of business development Harvey Kalman will chair Raiz Invest. Kalman is currently board member and chair of the audit and investments board committee for the Menzies Foundation and chair of the Financial Planning Advisory ...

CFS fined $20m over super misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... to a cheaper MySuper product. "The $20 million penalty handed down to Colonial is a timely reminder to superannuation trustees not to mislead members for their own benefit. Trustees have an obligation to provide their members with balanced and accurate ...

Advisers query super changes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... savings back to where they were." Further to this, advisers wanted to know details of COVID-19 relief for SMSFs. SMSF trustees and related parties who have been unable to return to Australia due to travel restrictions will not see their fund's residency ...

ASIC eyes employee super fund choice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... about influencing employees' choice of super funds. The regulator will conduct a review this financial year on how trustees abide by its requirements and may consider action where misconduct causing consumer harm is identified. ASIC commissioner ...

Frontier wins NZ client

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... to growing the trust. "TECT is evolving and planning for the next growth phase for the portfolio. As part of that, the trustees are keen to broaden our investment opportunities. Frontier's endowment and foundation experience, but also their preparedness ...

Industry slams Future Fund disclosure exemption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... "nonsensical" that the Future Fund and super funds would have different requirements, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said. "Just like the Future Fund, Australian super funds must be able to compete on ...