ASFA

Superannuation

Superannuation funds should be permitted to 'bundle' consent by their members to provide information covered by the Privacy Act, according to ASFA. ...

Superannuation

Superannuation funds could have a big future in infrastructure investment, but currently a large proportion are “locked out” by a closed and illiquid market, an industry ...

Superannuation

Energy costs are on the rise, according to figures from ASFA, and retiree budgets in Victoria are suffering....

Superannuation

ASFA calls for sole purpose test to be strictly applied to SMSFs in light of property spruikers. ...

Superannuation

The requirement to hold an AFSL when providing advice should extend to SMSF property spruikers, says ASFA....

Policy & Regulation

ATO’s approach to the segregation of pension assets aimed at SMSFs, despite implications for large APRA-regulated funds....

Superannuation

Mercer proposes unused contributions should be credited to following years to boost voluntary super investments....

Editorial

Just because both the Government and the Federal Opposition have, in their own ways, undertaken not to significantly alter the superannuation settings in a post-election ...

Superannuation

Professor Sally Wheeler from Queens University, Belfast has argued that structural independence may work against the outcomes it seeks to imbue. ...

Superannuation

The adoption of lifetime super caps represent a necessary prerequisite for any future Government move to encourage income streams. ...

Superannuation

ASFA’s latest data shows increasing costs in some areas have been offset by cheaper costs in other areas, leading to a modest increase in the cost of funding retirement. ...

Superannuation

ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos says there are too many organisations representing super and it’s time to blow it up and start from scratch....

Editorial

There were some raised eyebrows when Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden announced his organisation would be developing policy with the Industry Super...

Financial planning

ASFA chief Pauline Vamos urges Commonwealth departments and agencies to continue working on the implementation issues around financial services legislation despite the Go...

Superannuation

SMSF representative bodies will be included in a forum being convened in an effort to create a common approach to superannuation policy in Australia. ...

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