ASSOCIATION OF SUPERANNUATION FUNDS OF AUSTRALIA
Funds management
The chairman of Vanguard, Bill McNabb has cautioned Australian funds against resisting transparency with respect to costs and performance....
Superannuation
The Federal Government has accommodated the wishes of industry funds by extending the so-called “superannuation outcomes test” to choice products, most of which reside wi...
Superannuation
The chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, Dr Martin Fahey has argued that there are good reasons for ‘for profit’ superannuation funds ...
Superannuation
The Government has agreed to make an exception of young and low balance superannuation fund members working in high-risk occupations from its opt-in legislation....
Superannuation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned that the Labor Party’s proposal to abolish refundable franking credits needs to take into account the bedd...
Superannuation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has joined the dissent against the Grattan Institute’s retirement report, labelling it “an unprecedented attack on th...
Superannuation
ASFA is encouraging the Government to consider expanding access to the exemption from the contributions work test to individuals with a total superannuation balance under...
Superannuation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has hit out at the Grattan Institute over its latest superannuation policy paper for offering proposals that “condemn...
Superannuation
The Federal Government has been urged to give its 2016 Budget super tax changes time to work or risk making Australian retirees significantly worse off....
Superannuation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has called for legislative reform to ensure shifts in the economy would not unruly impact retirement planning....
Superannuation
A new survey has revealed how super fund executives and trustees were keen for a Royal Commission into banking and financial services but less keen for it to scrutinise s...
Policy & Regulation
If financial services companies have to help fund the Australian Securities and Investments Commission they want proof that they are getting value for money....
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