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Low income retirees to feel budget pain

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... significantly worse off under the changes announced in Tuesday's budget, according to Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Speaking at ASFA's post-budget briefing in Sydney yesterday, Vamos said ...

Cuts to ASIC and ATO push industry to self-regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... also seek to ensure no impact on the regulator's services and capacity to monitor and supervise the industry." The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox noted that "as financial advice continues its progression towards becoming ...

SPAA applauds tax changes to excess contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... be settled following consultation with key stakeholders in the superannuation industry." The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) has lobbied the government to make this change, arguing that such contributions can attract taxes as of as ...

Delay in SG rise 'disappointing', says industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... will remain at that level until 2018, when it will rise at a rate of 0.5% a year until it reaches 12% in 2022. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos, who has been a vocal proponent of raising the SG ...

Budget forces advisers to rethink tax, retirement strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... test for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card for new recipients. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) noted that the government has kept its promise not to make changes to superannuation. However ...

Research houses to blame for advice catastrophes: AIOFP

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) said that research houses' conflicts of interest when rating products are one of the reasons behind the failure of some funds. In a submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) ...

'Choice' dashboard, portfolio disclosure delayed to 2015

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... what managers believe is underlying commercial in confidence information. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), said, "The product dashboard is an important tool to help people make choices about ...

FPA creates Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... them in a better position to service their clients." Fletcher was also key to the merger between the International Association of Financial Planners (IAFP) and the Australian Society of Investment and Financial Advisers (ASIFA) to become the Financial ...

Industry asks for long-term, comprehensive approach to Age Pension

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... proposed measures and that they will be eligible to receive adequate support from the Age Pension in retirement. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) supported the commission's recommendation that the superannuation preservation ...

Industry responds to super fees study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... early days." Garcia also reaffirmed AIST's support of the awards system as a filter for default fund selection. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), which represents all super funds, said that fees were not the only thing to consider. ...