ASSOCIATION OF SUPERANNUATION FUNDS
Financial planning
In response to the latest Intergenerational Report, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (A...
Financial planning
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has urged transition to a mandatory superannuation forecasting regime, arguing a voluntary approach has proven ineffe...
Financial planning
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned the Government it needs to ensure it does not unnecessarily disadvantage companies providing super clearin...
Financial planning
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on the Federal Government to increase the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) to 12 per cent....
Financial planning
ASFA has urged the Cooper Review to separate out advice fees in relation to super and to eliminate commission-based remuneration....
Financial planning
The Institute of Actuaries has disagreed with a central thrust of the Cooper Review – the emergence of a smaller industry made up of mega-funds....
Financial planning
AIST warns against the 'dumbing down' of existing balanced super funds and a potential worsening of the underinsurance problem; ASFA calls for legislative support to impr...
Financial planning
The challenges of 2009 have demonstrated the underlying strength of the super industry, writes Pauline Vamos....
Financial planning
ASFA and AIST backs report to remove the $450 monthly minimum threshold for superannuation guarantee payments, which they say mainly affects the super balances of women....
Financial planning
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief Pauline Vamos is concerned that financial planners aren't responding to different retirement phases with dif...
Editorial
Hit hard by the global financial crisis, the value of infrastructure in portfolios is being questioned by investors, writes Amal Awad....
Editorial
Trustees should be free to make investment decisions without regulatory influences that create artificial markets for certain classes, writes Pauline Vamos....
Superannuation
Chris Bowen has announced that SMSFs will not be exempt from the changes stemming from the Henry and Cooper reviews....
Superannuation
The financial services industry has been called upon to step up to its social obligations when dealing with trustees of self-managed superannuation funds....
Funds management
A lack of assertiveness by super funds against fund managers suggests they are captive to agents and service providers, according to the chair of the Government's review ...
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