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Adviser recruitment plagues super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... an industry expert. David Anderson, business leader of Mercer's outsourcing business for Asia Pacific, told an ASFA conference audience yesterday that one of the supply side challenges super funds are facing is intra-fund adviser recruitment and retention. ...

Equities could deliver zero returns: JANA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... reality that should spur trustees to start lowering the risk in their existing portfolios today. Speaking at the ASFA conference this morning, Marshman made the bold statement to drive home his key message: the primary role of trustees is to acutely ...

Super about national not personal savings: Morgan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... the super industry will play a key role, said David Morgan, former chief executive of Westpac. Morgan told the ASFA conference this morning that we need to remember that concern about Australia's national savings rate was a prime motivator of the superannuation ...

GESB pay rise didn't happen: Chairman

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... GESB directors should not attend annual industry conferences. "It is routine for industry professionals to attend this [the ASFA] conference for the purposes of fulfilling essential professional development, some of which is required to maintain professional ...

Fin services back associations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... services institutions and professionals continue to throw their support behind associations and industry bodies such as the FPA, ASFA and SPAA despite pressure to cut costs. The Financial Planning Association (FPA), Association of Superannuation Funds ...

CFS GAM appoints regional MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... was at Russell Investments where she headed the institutional client service team. She is also the chair of the ASFA Conference committee, a member of the ASFA Investment Committee and was Chair of the Russell Investments Charitable Giving Committee. ...

SMSFs get "kick up the pants"

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... the pants," she said regarding Senator Sherry's speech. Pauline Vamos, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive, reiterated those comments, adding the industry must heed the minister's warnings. "I got the distinct impression ...

What a member wants

... trustee roles or governance, maybe we should look at characterising what a super fund member is [today]," he said. Donald joins ASFA chief Pauline Vamos and Industry Super Fund's David Whiteley, as presenters at tomorrow's Superannuation Governance forum ...

Trustees should adopt system-wide policies: Sherry

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... that trustees only need to look after the welfare of their own members. Senator Sherry told journalists at the ASFA conference on Friday that there needs to be a system-wide approach to improving the infrastructure behind super. "We've got people trying ...

Age of the virtual super regulator

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... national boundaries, might just be the key to prevent a repeat of the global financial crises. Speaking at the ASFA conference in New Zealand yesterday, Jane Diplock, chair of the New Zealand Securities Commission, suggested that securities commissions ...