Not-for-profit superannuation fund trustees have been warned that if they do not agree on fund governance guidelines they risk having them imposed by the Government.
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) will release the draft guidelines today, but the organisation’s chairman, Gerard Noonan, admitted there had been disagreement and divisions.
Opening the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds on the Gold Coast, Noonan argued a voluntary, principles-based code had to be preferable to one imposed by the Government.
“We have to agree on a voluntary code because, if we don’t, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will step in to impose a Governance code,” he said.
Noonan said he felt sure a voluntary, principles-based approach was in the best interests of the industry and would garner the respect of the current Government and future Governments.
