ASFA

Superannuation

Australians need to accept the need to work longer to fund a comfortable retirement....

Superannuation

ASFA chairman calls on industry to get its house in order or risk having it done by outside forces....

Funds management

ASIC has been told there needs to be greater clarity between what represents a ‘fee’ and a ‘cost’ in Product Disclosure Statements....

Superannuation

ASFA has called for a whole-of-life approach to super and has backed the set-up of a default MyPension for those disengaged with their super....

Superannuation

Almost half the population do not have a proper understanding of insurance within their super, especially generation Y (under 32)....

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. ...

Financial planning

Financial advice is crucial in helping retirees meet their retirement income goals, ASFA said....

Editorial

Amid a good deal of fuss over how one insurance industry analyst referenced those making claims, Mike Taylor writes that the industry would be better looking at cause rat...

Superannuation

ASFA argues letting first home buyers access their superannuation to pay their home deposits will compromise retirement standards and make super inequitable....

Superannuation

ASFA has called for the formation of a Pensions 20 or Investors 20 in line with G20 to link with the rest of the world on infrastructure investment....

Policy & Regulation

The Government must ensure superannuation tax concessions are channelled into building retirement income for Australians who need it, ASFA says....

Financial planning

Melinda Howes has been lured away from AMP to become General Manager of Super at BTFG....

Superannuation

Australians need to put a minimum of an extra 5.5 per cent of their salaries into superannuation each year on top of the super guarantee, experts from Deloitte Actuaries ...

People & Products

Melinda Howes has been lured away from AMP to become General Manager of Super at BTFG....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC, Treasury and the TPB have been urged to ensure the harmonisation of the standards applied to advisers....

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