ASFA
Financial planning
ASFA has dumped soft compulsion and is arguing that lifting the super guarantee (SG) to 12 per cent outstrips the Henry Tax Review benefits....
Financial planning
Superannuation funds looking to merge have been urged to push the issue of continuing capital gains tax relief for merged funds with the Government, in light of the actua...
Superannuation
ASFA resists extending early release super rules to include family violence....
Financial planning
The Government has accepted recommendations related to the implementation of the Minerals Resources Rent Tax, paving the way for an increase in the superannuation guarant...
Financial planning
An index measuring the after-effects of capital gains tax has been launched by the FTSE Group and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA)....
Superannuation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia wants super funds treated like authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) for AML/CTF purposes....
Financial planning
ASFA wants the Government to extend capital gains tax relief for fund mergers to protect members' interests....
Superannuation
In light of the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has encouraged women to get more involved with...
Financial planning
The Government has been told it established AUSTRAC for its own purposes and that it, not the industry, should foot the bill....
People & Products
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has appointed a new director of government relations and strategy, with Gordon Noble poised to take on the rol...
Superannuation
Australia's first chair of finance and superannuation has been appointed at the University of Technology Sydney's (UTS) Business School, with Professor Susan Thorp taking...
Financial planning
Superannuation funds find it difficult to communicate with members on an opt-in basis....
Superannuation
Expanded intra-fund advice would not compromise the quality of financial advice Australians receive because it is governed by the same rules and regulations as other advi...
Superannuation
ASFA urges Government to separate the lifting of the super guarantee from implementing a Minerals Resource Rent Tax....
Financial planning
ASFA calls for nationally mandated data payment standards, with TFN use just the first step....
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