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Smash the super status quo

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... herself as an "agent provocateur" to delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, Williams said that the industry is far too predisposed to congratulating itself for taking baby steps. She said: "Respectfully ...

Why it shouldn't be called impact investing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... using the term "impact investing." Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, Traill suggested that the term implies a disconnect between environmental awareness and the actual business of delivering ...

Why ASIC delayed RG97

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... superannuation Ged Fitzpatrick explained to delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference why the regulator delayed the RG97 reforms. He said the approximate 90 trustees required additional time to implement ...

Super funds and weapons of mass destruction

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... advisory services Michael Armitage told delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference that the zero-to-negative interest rate environment is pushing super funds to increase their derivatives exposure, especially ...

No room for complacency: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... of, there's no room for complacency. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, Rowell said now that higher account balances are skewing towards retirees, super funds need to rethink their benefit design ...

Tracing super back to 1517

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... long bow to draw, McFarlane told delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference that in many ways, the medieval Catholic church wasn't unlike the philosophy underpinning defined benefit schemes: "buy plenary ...

Latin America: the best-kept investment secret

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... officer Juan Carlos Botero. He told delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference that there was generally less investor understanding of the region than the broader emerging markets universe. However, with ...

The disconnect at the heart of financial services

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... Shead, who discussed the concept of motivation at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference on the Gold Coast. He referred to State Street's research on the idea of "phi," which attempted to delineate a "hidden variable" ...

The pointy end of super regulation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... key pieces of industry regulation. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference on the Gold Coast, new AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said she "couldn't have timed her appointment better" given the ...

Markets are stronger than Trump

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... any current geopolitical volatility. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference on the Gold Coast, Hobson said it's dangerous to attempt to orient one's investment decisions around political ephemera - ...