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ATO must reunite individuals with lost super: ASFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... responsibility in reuniting Australians with millions of dollars in unclaimed super. In a pre-budget submission Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Martin Fahy called on the federal government to amend the Superannuation ...

Half of Australian households will be retire ready

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... to the latest CommBank Retire Ready Index. The report, which bases their comfortable retirement standard on the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia definition, said that an individual's superannuation savings, combined with personal assets ...

Slattery steps down from SMSF Association

ALEX BURKE, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... appointment of her successor. Slattery has been chief executive of the SMSF Association, formerly the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA), since its formation in 2003. During that period, she presided over the industry's key representative ...

Retirement needs higher purpose: ASFA CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy believes the definition of retirement needs to move away from recreation and pursue a higher purpose. The newly-minted leader told a media event in Sydney yesterday that the ...

Adviser appeals ASIC ban

EMMA RAPAPORT, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... could not compel a witness to appear before the panel, and that Tindall had suffered "no ongoing unfairness." The Association of Financial Advisers, of which Tindall is also a member, told Financial Standard it had only become aware of Tindall's indiscretions ...

JANA executive director retires

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... a directorship at a $7 billion industry super fund. David Holston, who worked at JANA for 17 years, was also an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia director from 1996 to 2007. He has now joined Statewide Super both as a director and chair ...

ASFA slams Grattan as 'out of touch'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has labeled the Grattan Institute as 'out of touch' following its claims that the age pension and rent assistance would provide an adequate retirement for Australians. In a statement, ASFA ...

Tax breaks drive China car sales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... 'cash for clunkers' programme back in July 2009, it's sending car purchases in a frenzy. Data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) showed total car sales increased by 9.5% in the month of December and by 13.7% for the ...

AFA returning to its roots

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
Coinciding with its 70th anniversary, the Association of Financial Advisers launched an initiative to encourage member engagement at the grassroots level. New president Marc Bineham told Financial Standard the association has learned a lot of lessons ...

FPA educating future planning generation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... financial planning as a career is crucial to ensuring the future of the industry, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Speaking to Financial Standard, FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said communicating the benefits of financial ...