AIST

Editorial

If, as is being widely speculated, the Federal Government uses the Federal Budget to once again alter the tax setting around Australia’s superannuation system, the ALP wi...

Editorial

If the financial planning industry has learnt one lesson from the FOFA process, it is the vital importance of political activism, writes Mike Taylor....

Superannuation

Government warned that the costs of tinkering with superannuation could far outweigh the benefits....

Editorial

Mike Taylor reports that submissions to the Productivity Commission review of default superannuation funds under modern awards have raised important questions about the r...

Superannuation

The Federal Opposition has committed to the development of performance benchmarks to underpin MySuper funds selection as default superannuation funds....

Superannuation

Performance should be at the core of selecting default funds under modern awards, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees....

Financial planning

A study commissioned by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has emphasised the damaging effect that taking a career break has on women's superannuation ba...

Life/Risk

The Government needs to start talking to the major insurers about a standardised approach to auto-consolidation....

Superannuation

The superannuation guarantee will gradually increase from 9 per cent to 12 per cent over the next seven years, following the passage of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax thr...

Superannuation

Many Australians still do not understand enough about their superannuation funds, including how they're actually invested or whether they'll have enough in retirement....

Superannuation

The AIST has opened its Conference of Major Superannuation Funds with a defence of the equal representation of employers and employees on not-for-profit superannuation fu...

Financial planning

The ATO should be able to exercise discretion when concessional caps are breached due to poor financial advice, says AIST chief executive Fiona Reynolds....

Superannuation

The AIST has hit back at criticism of industry fund trustee boards levelled by Federal Opposition leader Tony Abbott....

Superannuation

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees is advocating the appointment of more women to superannuation fund boards....

Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has issued a paper which questions the continuing role of the industrial judiciary in selecting default superannuation funds....

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