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Michael Dwyer joins impact fund board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... and was also general manager of the NSW industry super fund ASSET Super for 10 years. He is a former director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, Bennelong Funds Management and a founding director of Fund Executive Association. He ...

AIOFP partners with fintech firm to offer white-labelled digital advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) has partnered with fintech firm moneyGPS, which will provide its digital advice platform to the advice association's 120 AFSL members and 5000 financial advisers. Through the partnership ...

Super for housing would benefit 4% of homebuyers: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
New estimates from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) show less than 5% of eligible first homebuyers would actually benefit from an early access scheme. For years now, the Coalition has pushed its 'super for housing' policy ...

Cybercriminals attack major super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... said. Financial Standard understands Aware Super, UniSuper, and Colonial First State have also not been affected. The Association of Australian Super Funds (ASFA) said retirement savers should be assured super funds and their service providers already ...

FAAA expands policy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... formal submission." The FAAA was created in 2023 following the merger of the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers. Today, it is the largest association representing financial advisers in Australia.

AIOFP and IFPA enter 'strategic alliance'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) and the Institute of Financial Professionals Australia (IFPA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enter into a "strategic alliance". IFPA board member Scott Heathwood told ...

Cost to maintain comfortable retirement increases

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
Despite a near 10% fall in electricity prices in the December quarter, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) data indicates the cost of maintaining a comfortable retirement has increased further over the past 12 months. The cost ...

Unlawful hawking practices re-emerge in SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... responsibility for your superannuation is a major financial decision that should never be taken lightly," he added. "As the association has always maintained, SMSFs are not for everyone, so the input of an SMSF specialist before embarking on this journey ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... and managing money." An often-overlooked sub-segment of the female population is migrant women. Research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) found that those from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB) face a retirement ...

Chalmers looks to trade super pool for minerals with US

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... Australian Retirement Trust, Cbus, HESTA, Hostplus, Aware Super, CareSuper, Rest, Brighter Super, UniSuper, and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, meet with US government officials at the federal and state level, and their investment ...