AIST

Financial planning

AIST and Women in Super have urged the Government to prioritise tax reform of superannuation as it is a key factor behind the gender gap in retirement savings....

Superannuation

Industry superannuation funds have cited bank planning scandals in their defence of existing super fund governance arrangements....

Superannuation

The greatest need for people in the super industry by 2025 will be member relations, advice, and services, according to a survey....

Editorial

Industry funds have criticised the Government’s move to impose one-third independent directors on superannuation funds plus an independent chair but, as Mike Taylor repor...

Superannuation

Industry fund body, AIST, tells Government strategies are utilising SMSFs, wraps and SMAs to indefinitely postpone the payment of CGT....

Superannuation

AIST urges Government not to adopt Board of Taxation’s recommendations lifting the super payment threshold for low income workers to $1350 a quarter....

Financial planning

The major industry funds groups want ASIC to receive better budgetary resourcing to regulate financial planners....

Superannuation

AIST and Mercer have joined hands to develop a super tracker to objectively evaluate the super system ahead of its response to the FSI....

Financial planning

The AIST has called on the Government to draw a distinction between bank aligned and independent financial planners....

The superannuation industry has applauded the Financial System Inquiry report’s proposal to tackle income stream barriers and enshrine super goals....

Superannuation

Concerns about the fees being charged on default superannuation funds are prompting calls for the final transition date for savings to be moved to a MySuper account to be...

Superannuation

Industry fund lobbyists have had a go at the big banks, saying only $13 billion of savings in bank-owned funds have moved into MySuper....

Financial planning

Ethics classes for financial planners should be fundamental to the new education standards, with self-regulation a near impossible benchmark for the profession, two indus...

Superannuation

ASFA said the Government's plan to delay the superannuation guarantee rise to 12 per cent will mean super goals will not be met. ...

Superannuation

AIST has opposed the government’s plan to delay the superannuation guarantee rise to 12 per cent, saying it will hurt retirees and super certainty....

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