ASFA

Superannuation

Self-employed people aged between 60 and 64 have around half the super of employees under SG, according to ASFA....

Superannuation

Super funds see robo-advice as a service they will provide free to members as a channel to comprehensive offerings that will attract a charge....

Editorial

Financial planners and their clients face an inevitable period of uncertainty at a time of continuing volatility if the Government moves for a double dissolution election...

Superannuation

The FSC, AIST, ASFA and ISA have all welcomed the Government’s move to enshrine superannuation in legislation, and hoped this would bring certainty to super policies. ...

Superannuation

The Federal Government is being urged to upgrade the status of unpaid superannuation guarantee entitlements and include them in the Fair Entitlements Guarantee regime....

Superannuation

ASFA CEO, Pauline Vamos, will be stepping down from her position on 30 June....

Superannuation

The Federal Treasury has revised downwards its estimate of the cost of super tax concessions but the industry believes they are still being over-stated....

Financial planning

People providing so-called “wholesale” advice should not be permitted to call themselves planners....

Financial planning

The Government has been told existing planners will likely need more time to sensibly move to degree level educational qualifications....

Superannuation

Retirees’ cost of living for singles and couples saw a modest rise of 0.2 per cent over the September quarter, ASFA data showed....

Superannuation

Fewer than 500 people have super balances over $10 million but they are skewing percpetions of the super regime....

Superannuation

ASFA has congratulated former Treasurer, Wayne Swan’s, ex-chief-of-staff, on his appointment to Shadow Minister for financial services and superannuation....

Superannuation

Myths surrounding the equity and sustainability of superannuation tax concessions will need to be debunked if there is to be a serious debate about reform, ASFA believes....

Superannuation

Proposed ASIC class order changes to fees and costs disclosure are so opaque one industry group has called for whiteboards and an industry roundtable to dissect them....

Superannuation

Australia must avoid temptation to compromise on how to deal with an ageing population in order to fix housing affordability, ASFA believes....

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