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ASFA calls on Cooper to aid SuperStream reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on Jeremy Cooper, chair of the Super System Review panel, to write a paper that will outline the right framework to deliver key SuperStream reforms. The paper will be presented at ...

Nothing to fear in hung parliament

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... a discretionary vote on all other legislation. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of peak superannuation group the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), said the hung parliament provides an important opportunity for super funds to focus ...

RIAA unveils investment academy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... investment conference in Sydney next month. The Responsible Investment Academy, backed by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA), has been developing programs to help investment professionals integrate environmental, social and ...

Election campaign ignores seniors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... are actively targeting swing seats in Queensland and Western Sydney, the National Seniors Australia (NSA), the Association of Independent Retirees (AIR) and the Federation of Ethnic Community Councils (FECCA) said both parties have largely ignored their ...

No super profits tax for banks: Coalition

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... "But any additional taxes you put on banks, they'll just pass straight through to consumers," Hockey said at an Association of Financial Advisers doorstop interview yesterday. Credit card customers and mortgage holders in particular will bear the brunt ...

Aussie planners should turn to Asia: Hockey

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... continues to escalate. "I think Australian financial advisers are among the very best of the world," he said at an Association of Financial Advisers lunch in Melbourne yesterday. "I see the great opportunity in your profession as growth into Asia." He ...

AGEST chief exec steps down

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... fund. Prior to BOC Gases, Seton was at AMP, where he first began his career in 1979. Seton was a director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) from 1994 to 2001. He was the 2009 Fund Executive of the Year award, an award from ...

FPA and RIAA team up for planners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
The Financial Planning Association of Australia pairs up with the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) to promote responsible investment advice to its members. The partnership is part of the FPA's push to improve educational opportunities ...

Industry backs MySuper reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... more should be done to protect and encourage competition within the market. Pauline Vamos, chief executive at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), said the government's decision to use tax file numbers (TFN) as the primary identifier ...

Australian ESG expert claims world-first

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... governance (ESG) and ethical performance analysis of companies. The certification is overseen by the Brussels-based Association of Independent Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility Research (AI CSRR), which to date have accredited 16 European-based ...