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'We're living in the world China is making': Conference

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
Appearing at the 2022 ASFA Conference this morning, ABC News journalist Stan Grant has echoed the sentiment that China has arrived as a global superpower and probed Australia's tense but necessitous relationship with its largest trading partner. ...

More super, less tinkering: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) today released research which found 81% of Australians believe more money should be saved for their retirement, not less. When a full list of national issues were proposed to respondents, government ...

Action on super gap slow, small

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... superannuation account balances are 20.5% less than those of men at retirement age. The Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) says the gap is larger, with their numbers indicating women retire with 23% less than men. The Actuaries Institute ...

New initiative calculates how much Aussies need in retirement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... Consumers Australia findings indicate retirees may not need to save as much as the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) Retirement Standard, which more closely resembles the high end of the Super Consumers Australia numbers for retirement savings ...

Super baby bonus could end inequality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... gap between the retirement savings of men and women. According to numbers from the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA), women retire with an average of 23% less super than men. ASFA economic modelling shows that a large portion of the inequity ...

Inflation hitting retiree budgets: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... by the rise of everyday living expenses, according to findings from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA's Retirement Standard for the December 2021 quarter indicates that couples aged around 65 living a comfortable retirement ...

Super baby bonus proposed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is proposing a $5000 superannuation baby bonus be introduced, as the industry also calls for the government to prioritise the removal of the $450 threshold as parliamentary sitting resumes. ...

ASFA names new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
... Australian insurance business. Dransfield also spent time in leadership roles at IAG, Lend Lease, Vero Insurance, and AMP. ASFA director Chris Davies commented that Dransfield's experience in leading financial organisations, industry associations, regulators ...

Industry responds to heatmap findings

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
Industry groups have labelled the APRA heatmaps a wake-up call to consumers about the importance of having their superannuation invested in a well performing fund, though there's still doubts as to the accuracy of the regulator's process. The release ...

Melinda Howes bids farewell to BT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... and services at AMP and director of policy and industry practices for the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Howes also now sits on the board of ASFA, having joined in 2017. Discussing her decision to re-join BT in a 2019 FS Super ...