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Amid Government back-bench criticism of how much superannuation funds pay to be members of industry organisations and lobby groups, one of Australia’s largest industry funds, REST, has revealed it pays well over $130,000 a year for just two memberships.
Those back-benchers have questioned the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) one whether the payment of such subscriptions should be formally scrutinised to determine whether it would comply with the proposed new members best financial interests test.
Answering questions on notice from a hearing of the Senate Standing Committee on Economics, REST revealed that it normally pays an annual membership of $52,250 to be a member of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and $82,533 to be a member of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA).