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Former Treasury adviser joins ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... Former Treasury adviser Glen McCrea has been appointed to the newly created role of chief policy officer at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). McCrea will have overall responsibility for "ensuring that ASFA's advocacy is prioritised ...

SG frozen till 2021, industry 'dismayed'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... to future generations." Industry Super Australia said it was "dismayed" at the "short-sighted deal", while the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia said it was "highly concerned about the impact that further delaying" the SG would have. AustralianSuper ...

Retirement phase top issue for super in FSI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... superannuation in the second round of submissions to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). In its 140 page submission the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) put the emphasis on limiting expenditure on the Age Pension, saying the aim ...

Insurance through super saves $403 million

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... annual cost to government of social security by about $403 million, according to new research commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). These savings are a result of a decrease in costs related to government spending ...

AFA Adviser of Year and Practice of Year semi-finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) have announced the semi-finalists in the 2014 AFA Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year Awards. The Adviser of the Year honour was first awarded in 2003 ...

SPAA rejects compulsory annuitisation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has spoken against the introduction of compulsory annuitisation in Australia in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) "SPAA does not support policy incentives that encourage retirees ...

ASFA asks FSI for clear targets to measure super success

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on the Murray Inquiry to set clear objectives against which the success of superannuation's role in reducing the Age Pension burden on public coffers can be measured. In its latest ...

SPAA defends SMSF tax rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... across the board. Responding to a front-page article in the Australian Financial Review today, SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) chief executive Andrea Slattery said the claim that SMSFs do not pay enough tax misses the wider picture. ...

Movers and shakers

... earlier held roles at Invesco and ING in key accounts and research. A AFA appoints chief commercial officer The Association of Financial Advisers has created the role of chief commercial officer, a position responsible of the association's commercial ...

Janet's Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... a "considerable time" script of days passed. Investors are hapeee! How happy? The latest survey by the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) shows how happy: "Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six ...